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coolifyvssmart-sec-cam

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

coolifysmart-sec-cam
Score89/10043/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Platform as a Service#29 of 36 in Video Streaming
GitHub stars65 224255
Stars, last 30 days+2 979+0
Stable releases, 12 months450
Latest releasev4.5.3 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languagePHPPython

Which one should you pick?

coolify scores 89/100 against 43/100 for smart-sec-cam, so it is the safer default.

coolify ships more often: 45 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for smart-sec-cam.

If you want the quickest setup, coolify is easier to run; smart-sec-cam needs more configuration.

coolify is growing faster right now (+2 979 stars in 30 days).

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