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ChartDBvsYT Navigator

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

ChartDBYT Navigator
Score74/10044/100
Rank in category#7 of 40 in Database Management#71 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars23 027606
Stars, last 30 days+77+0
Stable releases, 12 months50
Latest releasev1.20.1 · 7 Apr 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

ChartDB scores 74/100 against 44/100 for YT Navigator, so it is the safer default.

ChartDB ships more often: 5 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for YT Navigator.

If you want the quickest setup, ChartDB is easier to run; YT Navigator needs more configuration.

ChartDB is growing faster right now (+77 stars in 30 days).

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