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automatic-ripping-machinevsTailscale

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

automatic-ripping-machineTailscale
Score67/10084/100
Rank in category#10 of 142 in Media Management#1 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars5 39238 275
Stars, last 30 days+148+1 433
Stable releases, 12 months1614
Latest release2.24.4 · 3 Oct 2026v1.104.4 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITBSD-3-Clause
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

Tailscale scores 84/100 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 14 for Tailscale.

Tailscale is growing faster right now (+1 433 stars in 30 days).

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