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nfsen-ngvsOpenList

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

nfsen-ngOpenList
Score47/10080/100
Rank in category#31 of 48 in Network Monitoring#2 of 34 in File Management
GitHub stars28525 341
Stars, last 30 days+0+572
Stable releases, 12 months015
Latest release—v4.2.9 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePHPGo

Which one should you pick?

OpenList scores 80/100 against 47/100 for nfsen-ng, so it is the safer default.

OpenList ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for nfsen-ng.

If you want the quickest setup, OpenList is easier to run; nfsen-ng needs more configuration.

OpenList is growing faster right now (+572 stars in 30 days).

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