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automatic-ripping-machinevsRustDesk Server

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

automatic-ripping-machineRustDesk Server
Score67/10075/100
Rank in category#10 of 142 in Media Management#4 of 22 in Remote Desktop
GitHub stars5 38910 627
Stars, last 30 days+148+178
Stable releases, 12 months162
Latest release2.24.4 · 3 Oct 20261.1.16 · 20 Jul 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonRust

Which one should you pick?

RustDesk Server scores 75/100 against 67/100 for automatic-ripping-machine, so it is the safer default.

automatic-ripping-machine ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for RustDesk Server.

If you want the quickest setup, RustDesk Server is easier to run; automatic-ripping-machine needs more configuration.

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