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avideovsSteward

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

avideoSteward
Score58/10046/100
Rank in category#7 of 36 in Video Streaming#2 of 2 in Cloud
GitHub stars2 109201
Stars, last 30 days+5+0
Stable releases, 12 months136
Latest releasev29.6.0 · 26 Oct 2026v0.4.0 · 4 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageJavaScriptGo

Which one should you pick?

avideo scores 58/100 against 46/100 for Steward, so it is the safer default.

avideo ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Steward.

If you want the quickest setup, Steward is easier to run; avideo needs more configuration.

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

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