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SeaweedFSvsTailGuard

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

SeaweedFSTailGuard
Score81/10048/100
Rank in category#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage#37 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars35 794611
Stars, last 30 days+869—
Stable releases, 12 months2810
Latest release4.51 · 25 Oct 2026v1.104.2 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoShell

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 48/100 for TailGuard, so it is the safer default.

SeaweedFS ships more often: 28 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for TailGuard.

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

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