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OpenListvsDeta Surf

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

OpenListDeta Surf
Score80/10059/100
Rank in category#2 of 34 in File Management#21 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars25 3413 612
Stars, last 30 days+572+-1
Stable releases, 12 months150
Latest releasev4.2.9 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

OpenList scores 80/100 against 59/100 for Deta Surf, so it is the safer default.

OpenList ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Deta Surf.

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

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