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swe-dashboardvsSyncthing

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

swe-dashboardSyncthing
Score35/10090/100
Rank in category#147 of 166 in Developer Tools#1 of 15 in File Sync
GitHub stars13889 862
Stars, last 30 days+0+952
Stable releases, 12 months08
Latest release—v2.1.7 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMPL-2.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

Syncthing scores 90/100 against 35/100 for swe-dashboard, so it is the safer default.

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

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

Syncthing is growing faster right now (+952 stars in 30 days).

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