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avideovsThesys

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

avideoThesys
Score58/10041/100
Rank in category#7 of 36 in Video Streaming#5 of 5 in Research
GitHub stars2 109177
Stars, last 30 days+5+0
Stable releases, 12 months135
Latest releasev29.6.0 · 26 Oct 2026v0.4.0 · 23 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

avideo scores 58/100 against 41/100 for Thesys, so it is the safer default.

avideo ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for Thesys.

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

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

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