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Filestash vs Garage
Filestash has 14,860 GitHub stars, 1,015 forks, 126 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. Garage has 4,812 stars, 185 forks, 2 open issues and last shipped 10 days ago. Filestash leads on adoption by 209% (14,860 vs 4,812 stars). Filestash is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; Garage is written in Rust under AGPL-3.0. Filestash has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, Garage 4%. Filestash was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (s3), 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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| Filestash | Garage | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 15K | ★ 4.8K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-10-29 | 2026-10-24 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.0K | ⑂ 185 |
| 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 Garage if
- You want the Garage feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and Garage fits your workflow better
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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About Garage
Garage === [ Website and documentation Binary releases Git repository Matrix channel ] Garage is an S3 compatible distributed object storage service designed for self hosting at a small to medium scale. Garage is designed for storage clusters composed of nodes running at different physical locations, in order to easily provide a storage service that replicates data at these different locations and stays available even when some servers are unreachable. Garage also focuses on being lightweight, easy to operate, and highly resilient to machine failures. Garage is built by Deuxfleurs, an experimental small scale…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Filestash or Garage more popular?
Filestash has 14,860 GitHub stars and Garage has 4,812. Filestash has the larger community by that measure.
Are Filestash and Garage free?
Both are open source. Filestash is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Garage under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Filestash and Garage?
Filestash is written in Go and Garage in Rust. 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 Garage?
Choose Filestash if you want the larger community (14,860 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Garage if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.