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nginx-lovevsSeaweedFS

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

nginx-loveSeaweedFS
Score50/10081/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Web Application Firewall#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage
GitHub stars31235 795
Stars, last 30 days+0+834
Stable releases, 12 months128
Latest releasev4.01 · 31 Oct 20254.51 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 50/100 for nginx-love, so it is the safer default.

SeaweedFS ships more often: 28 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for nginx-love.

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+834 stars in 30 days).

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