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ferrisharevshadoop

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

ferrisharehadoop
Score49/10076/100
Rank in category#50 of 86 in File Sharing#1 of 1 in Distributed Systems
GitHub stars33515 703
Stars, last 30 days—+36
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev1.1.3 · 6 Jan 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageRustJava

Which one should you pick?

hadoop scores 76/100 against 49/100 for ferrishare, so it is the safer default.

ferrishare ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hadoop.

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

hadoop is growing faster right now (+36 stars in 30 days).

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