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OpenMediaVaultvsWriteFreely

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

OpenMediaVaultWriteFreely
Score72/10065/100
Rank in category#4 of 86 in File Sharing#2 of 24 in Blogging
GitHub stars7 0425 276
Stars, last 30 days+74+19
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—v0.17.2 · 10 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languagePHPGo

Which one should you pick?

OpenMediaVault scores 72/100 against 65/100 for WriteFreely, so it is the safer default.

WriteFreely ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for OpenMediaVault.

OpenMediaVault is growing faster right now (+74 stars in 30 days).

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