FileRise vs Filestash

Both are self-hosted file transfer - web-based file managers projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

FileRise and Filestash are closely matched on maintenance health (64 vs 62). Neither is the safer bet on activity alone, so choose on features, licence and the stack you already run.
FileRiseFilestash
Health score 64/100 62/100
Commits (11 mo) 431 422
Commits (last 3 mo) 35 92
Stars 1k 15k
Latest release 22 Sept 2026 none tagged
Licence MIT AGPL-3.0
Built with Docker, PHP Docker
Typical RAM 1 GB 1 GB

FileRise

Web file manager with uploads, tagging, share links, gallery/table views, and an in-browser editor.

64/100
Steady

Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.

Maintenance 24/40
Releases 25/25
Community 7/20
Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 60% of tracked projects; popularity more than 36%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 78 commits 2025-11: 110 commits 2025-12: 92 commits 2026-01: 47 commits 2026-02: 27 commits 2026-03: 35 commits 2026-04: 4 commits 2026-05: 3 commits 2026-06: 12 commits 2026-07: 14 commits 2026-08: 9 commits

Filestash

Web file manager that lets you manage your data anywhere it is located: FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Git, S3, Minio, Dropbox, or Google Drive.

62/100
Steady

Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.

Maintenance 24/40
Releases 13/25
Community 17/20
Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 60% of tracked projects; popularity more than 84%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 19 commits 2025-11: 11 commits 2025-12: 29 commits 2026-01: 47 commits 2026-02: 68 commits 2026-03: 49 commits 2026-04: 48 commits 2026-05: 59 commits 2026-06: 30 commits 2026-07: 25 commits 2026-08: 37 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

See every option in this category: self-hosted file transfer - web-based file managers.