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

Sync-inTraceRoot
Score62/10058/100
Rank in category#21 of 86 in File Sharing#11 of 51 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars1 9461 150
Stars, last 30 days+167+38
Stable releases, 12 months1910
Latest releasev2.6.1 · 25 Oct 2026v1.3.3 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Sync-in scores 62/100 against 58/100 for TraceRoot, so it is the safer default.

Sync-in ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for TraceRoot.

If you want the quickest setup, Sync-in is easier to run; TraceRoot needs more configuration.

Sync-in is growing faster right now (+167 stars in 30 days).

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