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filestashvsSyslog-ng

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

filestashSyslog-ng
Score71/10066/100
Rank in category#3 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration#3 of 8 in Logging
GitHub stars14 8392 386
Stars, last 30 days+117+10
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—syslog-ng-4.12.0 · 16 Jun 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languageGoC

Which one should you pick?

filestash scores 71/100 against 66/100 for Syslog-ng, so it is the safer default.

Syslog-ng ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for filestash.

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

filestash is growing faster right now (+117 stars in 30 days).

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