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SeaweedFSvsYouCast

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

SeaweedFSYouCast
Score81/10046/100
Rank in category#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage#8 of 18 in Podcasts
GitHub stars35 794265
Stars, last 30 days+833+0
Stable releases, 12 months280
Latest release4.51 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-2.0
Main languageGoC

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 46/100 for YouCast, so it is the safer default.

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

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

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+833 stars in 30 days).

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