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BentoPDFvsYT Zero

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

BentoPDFYT Zero
Score77/10052/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Document Processing#53 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars16 180669
Stars, last 30 days+481—
Stable releases, 12 months159
Latest releasev2.8.10 · 19 Oct 20262026.09.9 · 28 Sept 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Unlicense
Main languageJavaScriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

BentoPDF scores 77/100 against 52/100 for YT Zero, so it is the safer default.

BentoPDF ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for YT Zero.

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

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