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avideovsTransformer Lab

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

avideoTransformer Lab
Score58/10061/100
Rank in category#7 of 36 in Video Streaming#12 of 25 in LLM Inference
GitHub stars2 1095 199
Stars, last 30 days+5+2
Stable releases, 12 months139
Latest releasev29.6.0 · 26 Oct 2026v0.40.1 · 19 Jun 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Transformer Lab scores 61/100 against 58/100 for avideo, so it is the safer default.

avideo ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for Transformer Lab.

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

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

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