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hadoopvsOpenAList

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

hadoopOpenAList
Score76/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 1 in Distributed Systems#16 of 34 in File Management
GitHub stars15 703253
Stars, last 30 days+36—
Stable releases, 12 months010
Latest release—v3.45.31 · 22 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaGo

Which one should you pick?

hadoop scores 76/100 against 52/100 for OpenAList, so it is the safer default.

OpenAList ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hadoop.

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

hadoop is growing faster right now (+36 stars in 30 days).

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