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

namerVert
Score49/10071/100
Rank in category#19 of 34 in File Management#2 of 10 in File Conversion
GitHub stars33216 174
Stars, last 30 days+0+541
Stable releases, 12 months40
Latest releasev1.19.20 · 25 May 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Vert scores 71/100 against 49/100 for namer, so it is the safer default.

namer ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Vert.

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

Vert is growing faster right now (+541 stars in 30 days).

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