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bookwyrmvshls-restream-proxy

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

bookwyrmhls-restream-proxy
Score58/10046/100
Rank in category#26 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums#42 of 54 in Media Streaming
GitHub stars2 807255
Stars, last 30 days+22—
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest releasev0.9.3 · 9 Sept 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

bookwyrm scores 58/100 against 46/100 for hls-restream-proxy, so it is the safer default.

bookwyrm ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hls-restream-proxy.

If you want the quickest setup, hls-restream-proxy is easier to run; bookwyrm needs more configuration.

bookwyrm is growing faster right now (+22 stars in 30 days).

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