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SeaweedFSvssocks5-proxy-server

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

SeaweedFSsocks5-proxy-server
Score81/10043/100
Rank in category#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage#5 of 10 in Network
GitHub stars35 794145
Stars, last 30 days+869—
Stable releases, 12 months281
Latest release4.51 · 25 Oct 2026v1.20.0 · 29 Nov 2025
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 43/100 for socks5-proxy-server, so it is the safer default.

SeaweedFS ships more often: 28 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for socks5-proxy-server.

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

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