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avideovsrestic-rest-server

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

avideorestic-rest-server
Score58/10060/100
Rank in category#7 of 36 in Video Streaming#17 of 46 in Backup
GitHub stars2 1081 532
Stars, last 30 days+4+35
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest releasev29.6.0 · 26 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherBSD-2-Clause
Main languageJavaScriptGo

Which one should you pick?

restic-rest-server scores 60/100 against 58/100 for avideo, so it is the safer default.

avideo ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for restic-rest-server.

If you want the quickest setup, restic-rest-server is easier to run; avideo needs more configuration.

restic-rest-server is growing faster right now (+35 stars in 30 days).

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