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AstrBotvstelethon_downloader

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

AstrBottelethon_downloader
Score88/10045/100
Rank in category#4 of 124 in AI#34 of 45 in Download Management
GitHub stars44 755206
Stars, last 30 days+3 776+0
Stable releases, 12 months220
Latest releasev4.29.3 · 24 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

AstrBot scores 88/100 against 45/100 for telethon_downloader, so it is the safer default.

AstrBot ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for telethon_downloader.

AstrBot is growing faster right now (+3 776 stars in 30 days).

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