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

hostingwanderer
Score27/10064/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Video Hosting#7 of 34 in File Management
GitHub stars114 030
Stars, last 30 days+0+131
Stable releases, 12 months010
Latest release—v0.21.2 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptGo

Which one should you pick?

wanderer scores 64/100 against 27/100 for hosting, so it is the safer default.

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

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

wanderer is growing faster right now (+131 stars in 30 days).

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