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orbvsSeaweedFS

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

orbSeaweedFS
Score51/10081/100
Rank in category#21 of 48 in Network Monitoring#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage
GitHub stars68235 794
Stars, last 30 days+0+833
Stable releases, 12 months028
Latest release—4.51 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMPL-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 51/100 for orb, so it is the safer default.

SeaweedFS ships more often: 28 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for orb.

If you want the quickest setup, SeaweedFS is easier to run; orb needs more configuration.

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+833 stars in 30 days).

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