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avideovsTerraforming Mars

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

avideoTerraforming Mars
Score58/10062/100
Rank in category#7 of 36 in Video Streaming#4 of 14 in Gaming
GitHub stars2 108961
Stars, last 30 days+4+9
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest releasev29.6.0 · 26 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Terraforming Mars scores 62/100 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 Terraforming Mars.

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

Terraforming Mars is growing faster right now (+9 stars in 30 days).

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