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ChartDBvsYT Zero

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

ChartDBYT Zero
Score74/10052/100
Rank in category#7 of 40 in Database Management#53 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars23 027669
Stars, last 30 days+77+0
Stable releases, 12 months59
Latest releasev1.20.1 · 7 Apr 20262026.09.9 · 28 Sept 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Unlicense
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

ChartDB scores 74/100 against 52/100 for YT Zero, so it is the safer default.

YT Zero ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for ChartDB.

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

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