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grimmoryvsRustFS

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

grimmoryRustFS
Score69/10074/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Book Management#1 of 5 in Storage
GitHub stars4 62435 504
Stars, last 30 days+205+1 772
Stable releases, 12 months195
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 21 Sept 20261.0.4 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageJavaRust

Which one should you pick?

RustFS scores 74/100 against 69/100 for grimmory, so it is the safer default.

grimmory ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for RustFS.

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

RustFS is growing faster right now (+1 772 stars in 30 days).

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