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Filestash vs Alarik
Filestash has 14,690 GitHub stars, 1,004 forks, 126 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Alarik has 538 stars, 6 forks, 4 open issues and last shipped 15 days ago. Filestash leads on adoption by 2,630% (14,690 vs 538 stars). Filestash is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; Alarik is written in Swift under Apache-2.0. Filestash has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, Alarik 1%. Filestash 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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| Filestash | Alarik | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 15K | ★ 538 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Swift |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.0K | ⑂ 6 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Filestash if
- You weight community size — 15K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Alarik if
- You want the Alarik feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Swift
- You evaluated both and Alarik fits your workflow better
About Filestash
Filestash is a Go, AGPL 3.0 licensed universal file storage client for enterprise storage. It lives in Infrastructure & Operations / Storage Solutions. It began as a storage agnostic Dropbox like file manager that speaks FTP, SFTP, S3, SMB, WebDAV, IPFS, and about 20 more protocols. It has three products: a browser based web client, native clients for macOS, Windows, Linux, Android, and iPhone, and gateways for exposing storage over protocols.
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About Alarik
Alarik is a high performance, self hosted S3 compatible object storage system written in Swift and licensed under Apache 2.0, built for developers and platform teams that want an open alternative to MinIO and RustFS.
read the full Alarik overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Filestash or Alarik more popular?
Filestash has 14,690 GitHub stars and Alarik has 538. Filestash has the larger community by that measure.
Are Filestash and Alarik free?
Both are open source. Filestash is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Alarik under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Filestash and Alarik?
Filestash is written in Go and Alarik in Swift. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Filestash or Alarik?
Choose Filestash if you want the larger community (14,690 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Alarik if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.