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PontoonvsSeaweedFS

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

PontoonSeaweedFS
Score44/10081/100
Rank in category#8 of 8 in Data Pipeline#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage
GitHub stars24435 799
Stars, last 30 days+0+838
Stable releases, 12 months028
Latest release—4.51 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 44/100 for Pontoon, so it is the safer default.

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

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+838 stars in 30 days).

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