Seafile vs Syncthing
A side-by-side comparison of Seafile and Syncthing — stars, license, self-host difficulty, deploy options, and what each replaces.
| Tagline | High-performance file sync and share with client-side encryption | Continuous peer-to-peer file synchronization between your own devices |
| Category | File Storage & Sync | File Storage & Sync |
| Replaces | Dropbox, Google Drive, Box | Dropbox, Google Drive |
| GitHub stars | 13k | 85k |
| Language | C | Go |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 4/5 Involved | 2/5 Easy |
| Deploy options | Docker Docker Compose Manual | Docker Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 26 days ago | 5 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
