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OpenListvsThe-One-File

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

OpenListThe-One-File
Score80/10052/100
Rank in category#2 of 34 in File Management#18 of 34 in Network Management
GitHub stars25 337548
Stars, last 30 days+568+0
Stable releases, 12 months1510
Latest releasev4.2.9 · 25 Oct 2026TOFV-2.0 · 7 Jun 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languageGoHTML

Which one should you pick?

OpenList scores 80/100 against 52/100 for The-One-File, so it is the safer default.

OpenList ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for The-One-File.

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

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