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filestashvsYOURLS

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

filestashYOURLS
Score71/10074/100
Rank in category#3 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration#1 of 23 in URL Shortener
GitHub stars14 83812 290
Stars, last 30 days+116+47
Stable releases, 12 months04
Latest release—1.10.6 · 30 Aug 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoPHP

Which one should you pick?

YOURLS scores 74/100 against 71/100 for filestash, so it is the safer default.

YOURLS ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for filestash.

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

filestash is growing faster right now (+116 stars in 30 days).

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