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SeaweedFSvsumbrel

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

SeaweedFSumbrel
Score81/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage#9 of 22 in Home Server
GitHub stars35 793434
Stars, last 30 days+868—
Stable releases, 12 months284
Latest release4.51 · 25 Oct 2026v2.0.0 · 2 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

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

SeaweedFS ships more often: 28 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for umbrel.

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

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+868 stars in 30 days).

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