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Apache HTTP ServervsNginx-Reverse-Emby

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

Apache HTTP ServerNginx-Reverse-Emby
Score74/10047/100
Rank in category#3 of 12 in Web Servers#18 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars—191
Stars, last 30 days—+0
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main language—Go

Which one should you pick?

Apache HTTP Server scores 74/100 against 47/100 for Nginx-Reverse-Emby, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, Nginx-Reverse-Emby is easier to run; Apache HTTP Server needs more configuration.

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