Hoodik
End-to-end encrypted cloud storage server. Files are encrypted and decrypted in the browser, so the server only ever holds ciphertext. Runs on SQLite or PostgreSQL, stores chunks on local disk or any S3-compatible service.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 22 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.5.9 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in File Transfer & Synchronization: Dropbox alternatives, Google Drive alternatives, AWS S3 alternatives.
At a glance
Hoodik quick facts
- Health score
- 83/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,546
- Last commit
- 8 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.5.9, Oct 2026
- Licence
- CC-BY-NC-4.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Hoodik is a lightweight, self-hosted, end-to-end encrypted cloud storage server. All encryption and decryption happens in your browser — the server never sees your plaintext data. Built with Rust (Actix-web) on the backend and Vue 3 on the frontend."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Hoodik scores 83/100, #8 of 20 in File Transfer & Synchronization: 22 commits in the last 90 days earn 25.7 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.5.9, 8 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,546 stars add 12.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 9.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 25.7 / 35
22 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.5.9 released 8 days ago
- Stars 12.8 / 20
1.5k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 22
- Last 90 days
- 42
- Last 12 months
- 8 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #8 of 20 tools in File Transfer & Synchronization by health , between Kinto (#7) and Pydio (#9) .
Details
| Licence | CC-BY-NC-4.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v2.5.9 · 8 days ago |
| Stars | 1,546 |
| Open issues | 12 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | hudikhq/hoodik ↗ |
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Hoodik: common questions
Is Hoodik still maintained?
Hoodik had 22 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 8 days ago; the latest tagged release, v2.5.9, is from 8 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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