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OpenListvsrustypaste

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

OpenListrustypaste
Score80/10056/100
Rank in category#2 of 34 in File Management#32 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars25 3261 214
Stars, last 30 days+568+7
Stable releases, 12 months153
Latest releasev4.2.9 · 25 Oct 2026v0.18.1 · 7 Sept 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoRust

Which one should you pick?

OpenList scores 80/100 against 56/100 for rustypaste, so it is the safer default.

OpenList ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for rustypaste.

OpenList is growing faster right now (+568 stars in 30 days).

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