Stash
A web-based library organizer and player for your adult media stash, with auto-tagging and metadata scraping support.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 29 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.31.1 (Apr 2026).
Comparisons in Media Streaming - Multimedia Streaming: Plex Pass alternatives.
At a glance
Stash quick facts
- Health score
- 94/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 13,323
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.31.1, Apr 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Stash is a self-hosted webapp written in Go which organizes and serves your diverse content collection, catering to both your SFW and NSFW needs."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Stash scores 94/100, #4 of 17 in Media Streaming - Multimedia Streaming: 29 commits in the last 90 days earn 33.8 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.31.1, 7 months ago) earns 24.1 of 25, 13,323 stars add 16.5 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 3.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 33.8 / 35
29 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 24.1 / 25
v0.31.1 released 7 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 16.5 / 20
13k 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
- 29
- Last 90 days
- 511
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #4 of 17 tools in Media Streaming - Multimedia Streaming by health , between Kyoo (#3) and Gerbera (#5) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Go |
| Latest release | v0.31.1 · 7 months ago |
| Stars | 13,323 |
| Open issues | 682 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | stashapp/stash ↗ |
Stash vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Stash (Media Streaming - Multimedia Streaming), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jellyfin | 99 | 59k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| MediaMTX | 97 | 21k | MIT | today |
| Kyoo | 94 | 2.6k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Stash (this tool) | 94 | 13k | AGPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| Rygel | 74 | 11 | LGPL-2.1 | yesterday |
| Karaoke Eternal | 53 | 922 | ISC | 2 months ago |
Stash: common questions
Is Stash still maintained?
Stash had 29 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.31.1, is from 7 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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