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filestashvsPeerTube

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

filestashPeerTube
Score71/10075/100
Rank in category#3 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration#1 of 3 in Video Hosting
GitHub stars14 84015 375
Stars, last 30 days+118+43
Stable releases, 12 months013
Latest release—v8.3.2 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

PeerTube scores 75/100 against 71/100 for filestash, so it is the safer default.

PeerTube ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for filestash.

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

filestash is growing faster right now (+118 stars in 30 days).

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