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FirefilesvsGit Annex

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

FirefilesGit Annex
Score47/10067/100
Rank in category#24 of 34 in File Management#1 of 3 in Version Control
GitHub stars370—
Stars, last 30 days——
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescript—

Which one should you pick?

Git Annex scores 67/100 against 47/100 for Firefiles, so it is the safer default.

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