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apache-nifivsSRS

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

apache-nifiSRS
Score72/10078/100
Rank in category#1 of 8 in Data Pipeline#4 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars6 27729 390
Stars, last 30 days+33+111
Stable releases, 12 months313
Latest releaserel/nifi-2.12.0 · 13 Sept 2026v7.0-a3 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageJavaC

Which one should you pick?

SRS scores 78/100 against 72/100 for apache-nifi, so it is the safer default.

SRS ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for apache-nifi.

If you want the quickest setup, SRS is easier to run; apache-nifi needs more configuration.

SRS is growing faster right now (+111 stars in 30 days).

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