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openpanel-covsSyncthing

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

openpanel-coSyncthing
Score55/10090/100
Rank in category#6 of 10 in Control Panel#1 of 15 in File Sync
GitHub stars76689 846
Stars, last 30 days+17+936
Stable releases, 12 months198
Latest release2.0.19 · 27 Oct 2026v2.1.7 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherMPL-2.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

Syncthing scores 90/100 against 55/100 for openpanel-co, so it is the safer default.

openpanel-co ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for Syncthing.

If you want the quickest setup, Syncthing is easier to run; openpanel-co needs more configuration.

Syncthing is growing faster right now (+936 stars in 30 days).

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