Stash
Stash is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Media Servers category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Go. It is a self-hosted alternative to Plex and Netflix and ships a Docker image. It has 13,285 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 13,285
- Forks
- 1,217
- Open issues
- 683
- Commits, last 12 months
- 520
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.31.1Apr 13, 2026
- Created
- Jun 4, 2018
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 520 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases6 releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors25 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 520 |
| Latest release | v0.31.1 (Apr 13, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 6 |
| Releases, all time | 59 |
| Open issues | 683 |
| Open pull requests | 71 |
| Good first issues | 1 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Jun 4, 2018 |
Health as of , from the GitHub API. A label describes activity, not quality or security. How we label project health · Report a data error
About Stash
A web-based library organizer and player for your adult media stash, with auto-tagging and metadata scraping support.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/stashapp/stash.
Topics
- go
- golang
- porn
- organizer
- organize
- media
- video
- graphql
- json
- hacktoberfest
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Is Stash free and open source?
Yes. Stash is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Stash with Docker?
Yes. Stash provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Stash?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Stash include Jellyfin, SRS and Invidious. Stash itself is a self-hosted alternative to Plex and Netflix.
Is Stash actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Stash was on Oct 25, 2026 with 520 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.31.1, published Apr 13, 2026. It had 683 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.