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SeaweedFSvstextsnap

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

SeaweedFStextsnap
Score81/10045/100
Rank in category#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage#8 of 12 in Document Processing
GitHub stars35 803196
Stars, last 30 days+842+0
Stable releases, 12 months282
Latest release4.51 · 25 Oct 2026v0.4.0 · 29 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

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

SeaweedFS ships more often: 28 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for textsnap.

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

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+842 stars in 30 days).

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