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dub-linksvsSeaweedFS

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

dub-linksSeaweedFS
Score74/10081/100
Rank in category#1 of 23 in URL Shortener#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage
GitHub stars24 97635 794
Stars, last 30 days+161+833
Stable releases, 12 months028
Latest release—4.51 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 74/100 for dub-links, so it is the safer default.

SeaweedFS ships more often: 28 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for dub-links.

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

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+833 stars in 30 days).

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