slskd
A modern client-server application for the Soulseek file sharing network.
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Still maintained? Yes: 252 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 0.26.2 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
slskd quick facts
- Health score
- 95/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 4,226
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 0.26.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
slskd scores 95/100, #1 of 8 in File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing: 252 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (0.26.2, 7 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 4,226 stars add 14.5 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 star count, worth 5.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
252 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
0.26.2 released 7 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 14.5 / 20
4.2k 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
- 252
- Last 90 days
- 1,249
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #1 of 8 tools in File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing by health , just above Webtor (#2) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, C# |
| Latest release | 0.26.2 · 7 days ago |
| Stars | 4,226 |
| Open issues | 178 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | slskd/slskd ↗ |
slskd vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with slskd (File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slskd (this tool) | 95 | 4.2k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Webtor | 91 | 713 | MIT | today |
| qBittorrent | 88 | 41k | GPL-2.0 | 4 days ago |
| Transmission | 87 | 15k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| bittorrent-tracker | 55 | 1.9k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| PrivyDrop | 55 | 145 | MIT | 20 days ago |
slskd: common questions
Is slskd still maintained?
slskd had 252 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 0.26.2, is from 7 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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