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avideovsZealot

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

avideoZealot
Score58/10055/100
Rank in category#7 of 36 in Video Streaming#17 of 28 in CI/CD
GitHub stars2 1081 367
Stars, last 30 days+4+0
Stable releases, 12 months133
Latest releasev29.6.0 · 26 Oct 20266.2.2 · 25 Jul 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageJavaScriptRuby

Which one should you pick?

avideo scores 58/100 against 55/100 for Zealot, so it is the safer default.

avideo ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for Zealot.

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

avideo is growing faster right now (+4 stars in 30 days).

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