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SeaweedFSvstelethon_downloader

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

SeaweedFStelethon_downloader
Score81/10045/100
Rank in category#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage#34 of 45 in Download Management
GitHub stars35 812206
Stars, last 30 days+851+0
Stable releases, 12 months280
Latest release4.51 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 45/100 for telethon_downloader, so it is the safer default.

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

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+851 stars in 30 days).

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