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avideovsShiny Server

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

avideoShiny Server
Score58/10057/100
Rank in category#7 of 36 in Video Streaming#2 of 20 in Application Management
GitHub stars2 109763
Stars, last 30 days+5+0
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest releasev29.6.0 · 26 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageJavaScriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

avideo scores 58/100 against 57/100 for Shiny Server, so it is the safer default.

avideo ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Shiny Server.

avideo is growing faster right now (+5 stars in 30 days).

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