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dagstervsSeaweedFS

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

dagsterSeaweedFS
Score77/10081/100
Rank in category#2 of 7 in Data Pipelines#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage
GitHub stars16 34835 795
Stars, last 30 days+149+834
Stable releases, 12 months2828
Latest release1.13.27 · 26 Oct 20264.51 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 77/100 for dagster, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, SeaweedFS is easier to run; dagster needs more configuration.

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+834 stars in 30 days).

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