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OpenListvsSignal TLS Proxy

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

OpenListSignal TLS Proxy
Score80/10049/100
Rank in category#2 of 34 in File Management#16 of 25 in Proxy
GitHub stars25 3261 284
Stars, last 30 days+568—
Stable releases, 12 months150
Latest releasev4.2.9 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoShell

Which one should you pick?

OpenList scores 80/100 against 49/100 for Signal TLS Proxy, so it is the safer default.

OpenList ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Signal TLS Proxy.

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

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