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

BentoPDFsmart-sec-cam
Score77/10043/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Document Processing#29 of 36 in Video Streaming
GitHub stars16 180255
Stars, last 30 days+481—
Stable releases, 12 months150
Latest releasev2.8.10 · 19 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptPython

Which one should you pick?

BentoPDF scores 77/100 against 43/100 for smart-sec-cam, so it is the safer default.

BentoPDF ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for smart-sec-cam.

If you want the quickest setup, BentoPDF is easier to run; smart-sec-cam needs more configuration.

BentoPDF is growing faster right now (+481 stars in 30 days).

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