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privtrackervsSeaweedFS

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

privtrackerSeaweedFS
Score50/10081/100
Rank in category#47 of 86 in File Sharing#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage
GitHub stars82735 794
Stars, last 30 days—+869
Stable releases, 12 months028
Latest release—4.51 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 50/100 for privtracker, so it is the safer default.

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

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

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+869 stars in 30 days).

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