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Ceph vs Filestash
Ceph has 17,189 GitHub stars, 6,555 forks, 1,353 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Filestash has 14,856 stars, 1,014 forks, 126 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. Ceph leads on adoption by 16% (17,189 vs 14,856 stars). Ceph is written in C++ under a custom or non-standard licence; Filestash is written in Go under AGPL-3.0. Ceph has attracted 38% as many forks as stars, Filestash 7%. Ceph was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (nfs), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Ceph | Filestash | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 17K | ★ 15K |
| License | Custom / other | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | C++ | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-29 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.6K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Ceph if
- You weight community size — 17K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Filestash if
- You want the Filestash feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Filestash fits your workflow better
About Ceph
Ceph a scalable distributed storage system See for current information about Ceph. Status Contributing Code Most of Ceph is dual licensed under the LGPL version 2.1 or 3.0. Some miscellaneous code is either public domain or licensed under a BSD style license. The Ceph documentation is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY SA 3.0). Some headers included in the ceph/ceph repository are licensed under the GPL. See the file COPYING for a full inventory of licenses by file. All code contributions must include a valid "Signed off by" line. See the file SubmittingPatches.rst for details on…
About Filestash
What is this? Filestash started as a storage agnostic Dropbox like file manager that speaks every storage protocol ( FTP , SFTP , S3 , SMB , WebDAV , IPFS, and about 20 more ). It grew into what we want to be the world's best file management platform, centered around 3 separate products : Web client (the file manager available from your browser) : documentation / screenshot / demo Native client (to sync your data on your device) : repo / screenshots for mac , windows , linux , android & iphone Gateways (to expose your storages over any protocol) : showcase The philosophy that guides this project is: "anything…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ceph or Filestash more popular?
Ceph has 17,189 GitHub stars and Filestash has 14,856. Ceph has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ceph and Filestash free?
Both are open source. Ceph has no licence declared in this registry, and Filestash is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Ceph and Filestash?
Ceph is written in C++ and Filestash in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Ceph or Filestash?
Choose Ceph if you want the larger community (17,189 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Filestash if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.