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dua-cli vs memories
dua-cli has 6,277 GitHub stars, 170 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped 7 days ago. memories has 3,840 stars, 169 forks, 473 open issues and last shipped yesterday. dua-cli leads on adoption by 63% (6,277 vs 3,840 stars). dua-cli is written in Rust under MIT; memories is written in PHP under AGPL-3.0. dua-cli has attracted 3% as many forks as stars, memories 4%. memories was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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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| dua-cli | memories | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 6.3K | ★ 3.8K |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Rust | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 170 | ⑂ 169 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick dua-cli if
- You weight community size — 6.3K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick memories if
- You want the memories feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and memories fits your workflow better
About dua-cli
dua cli is a terminal based, parallel disk usage analyzer written in Rust that reports how much space a directory consumes and optionally deletes unwanted data, built for developers, system administrators, and anyone cleaning up storage from a shell rather than a graphical desktop application.
read the full dua-cli overview →
About memories
Memories is a fast, modern photo management suite that runs as a Nextcloud app, built for people who host their own Nextcloud instance and want a timeline first photo and video library without handing their media to a commercial cloud service.
read the full memories overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is dua-cli or memories more popular?
dua-cli has 6,277 GitHub stars and memories has 3,840. dua-cli has the larger community by that measure.
Are dua-cli and memories free?
Both are open source. dua-cli is licensed under MIT and memories under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between dua-cli and memories?
dua-cli is written in Rust and memories in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, dua-cli or memories?
Choose dua-cli if you want the larger community (6,277 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose memories if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.