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Project N.O.M.A.D.vsRustFS

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

Project N.O.M.A.D.RustFS
Score85/10074/100
Rank in category#1 of 42 in Knowledge Management#1 of 5 in Storage
GitHub stars41 18935 514
Stars, last 30 days+2 838+1 682
Stable releases, 12 months85
Latest releasev1.35.1 · 5 Oct 20261.0.4 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptRust

Which one should you pick?

Project N.O.M.A.D. scores 85/100 against 74/100 for RustFS, so it is the safer default.

Project N.O.M.A.D. ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for RustFS.

If you want the quickest setup, Project N.O.M.A.D. is easier to run; RustFS needs more configuration.

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