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OpenAListvssetup-ipsec-vpn

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

OpenAListsetup-ipsec-vpn
Score52/10078/100
Rank in category#16 of 34 in File Management#3 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars25328 882
Stars, last 30 days—+325
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev3.45.31 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languageGoShell

Which one should you pick?

setup-ipsec-vpn scores 78/100 against 52/100 for OpenAList, so it is the safer default.

OpenAList ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for setup-ipsec-vpn.

If you want the quickest setup, setup-ipsec-vpn is easier to run; OpenAList needs more configuration.

setup-ipsec-vpn is growing faster right now (+325 stars in 30 days).

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