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Open Home Foundation Matter ServervsSeaweedFS

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

Open Home Foundation Matter ServerSeaweedFS
Score56/10081/100
Rank in category#42 of 104 in Home Automation#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage
GitHub stars40235 794
Stars, last 30 days—+869
Stable releases, 12 months628
Latest releasev1.5.5 · 24 Oct 20264.51 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 56/100 for Open Home Foundation Matter Server, so it is the safer default.

SeaweedFS ships more often: 28 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Open Home Foundation Matter Server.

If you want the quickest setup, SeaweedFS is easier to run; Open Home Foundation Matter Server needs more configuration.

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+869 stars in 30 days).

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