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brightbean-studiovsytdlp_web_player

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

brightbean-studioytdlp_web_player
Score60/10055/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Social Media Management#12 of 36 in Video Streaming
GitHub stars2 595809
Stars, last 30 days+225+0
Stable releases, 12 months08
Latest release—v1.3.3 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-2.0
Main languagePythonJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

brightbean-studio scores 60/100 against 55/100 for ytdlp_web_player, so it is the safer default.

ytdlp_web_player ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for brightbean-studio.

If you want the quickest setup, ytdlp_web_player is easier to run; brightbean-studio needs more configuration.

brightbean-studio is growing faster right now (+225 stars in 30 days).

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