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OpenReadervsSeaweedFS

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

OpenReaderSeaweedFS
Score59/10081/100
Rank in category#4 of 15 in Audiobook Management#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage
GitHub stars55035 793
Stars, last 30 days+35+868
Stable releases, 12 months1828
Latest releasev5.3.0 · 20 Oct 20264.51 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 59/100 for OpenReader, so it is the safer default.

SeaweedFS ships more often: 28 stable releases in the past year, against 18 for OpenReader.

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+868 stars in 30 days).

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