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SeaweedFSvsTrench

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

SeaweedFSTrench
Score81/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage#9 of 27 in Analytics
GitHub stars35 8011 666
Stars, last 30 days+840+0
Stable releases, 12 months280
Latest release4.51 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 52/100 for Trench, so it is the safer default.

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

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+840 stars in 30 days).

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