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pidoorsvsSyncthing

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

pidoorsSyncthing
Score36/10090/100
Rank in category#69 of 78 in Security#1 of 15 in File Sync
GitHub stars2689 858
Stars, last 30 days+0+948
Stable releases, 12 months198
Latest releasev0.4.11 · 12 Sept 2026v2.1.7 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
License—MPL-2.0
Main languagePHPGo

Which one should you pick?

Syncthing scores 90/100 against 36/100 for pidoors, so it is the safer default.

pidoors 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; pidoors needs more configuration.

Syncthing is growing faster right now (+948 stars in 30 days).

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