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sentora-corevsSyncthing

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

sentora-coreSyncthing
Score49/10090/100
Rank in category#8 of 10 in Control Panel#1 of 15 in File Sync
GitHub stars67689 854
Stars, last 30 days+0+944
Stable releases, 12 months08
Latest release—v2.1.7 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MPL-2.0
Main languagePHPGo

Which one should you pick?

Syncthing scores 90/100 against 49/100 for sentora-core, so it is the safer default.

Syncthing ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for sentora-core.

If you want the quickest setup, Syncthing is easier to run; sentora-core needs more configuration.

Syncthing is growing faster right now (+944 stars in 30 days).

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