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DockerRegistryvsPairDrop

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

DockerRegistryPairDrop
Score74/10075/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Container Registry#2 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars10 66611 711
Stars, last 30 days+43+252
Stable releases, 12 months30
Latest releasev3.1.2 · 24 Sept 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageGoJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

PairDrop scores 75/100 against 74/100 for DockerRegistry, so it is the safer default.

DockerRegistry ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for PairDrop.

PairDrop is growing faster right now (+252 stars in 30 days).

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