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dockhandvsSeaweedFS

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

dockhandSeaweedFS
Score72/10081/100
Rank in category#4 of 44 in Container Management#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage
GitHub stars6 91235 793
Stars, last 30 days+552+868
Stable releases, 12 months3128
Latest releasev1.0.55 · 23 Oct 20264.51 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 72/100 for dockhand, so it is the safer default.

dockhand ships more often: 31 stable releases in the past year, against 28 for SeaweedFS.

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

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