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deer-flowvstransfer.sh

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

deer-flowtransfer.sh
Score86/10069/100
Rank in category#4 of 209 in AI Agents#9 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars84 56915 905
Stars, last 30 days+1 648+8
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev2.1.0 · 24 Sept 2026—
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

deer-flow scores 86/100 against 69/100 for transfer.sh, so it is the safer default.

deer-flow ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for transfer.sh.

If you want the quickest setup, transfer.sh is easier to run; deer-flow needs more configuration.

deer-flow is growing faster right now (+1 648 stars in 30 days).

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