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Baby BuddyvsYT Zero

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

Baby BuddyYT Zero
Score66/10052/100
Rank in category#4 of 31 in Health & Fitness#53 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars2 934669
Stars, last 30 days+36+0
Stable releases, 12 months79
Latest releasev2.11.0 · 19 Sept 20262026.09.9 · 28 Sept 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseBSD-2-ClauseUnlicense
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Baby Buddy scores 66/100 against 52/100 for YT Zero, so it is the safer default.

YT Zero ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for Baby Buddy.

Baby Buddy is growing faster right now (+36 stars in 30 days).

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