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Dashyvssmart-sec-cam

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

Dashysmart-sec-cam
Score83/10043/100
Rank in category#2 of 44 in Dashboard#29 of 36 in Video Streaming
GitHub stars26 843255
Stars, last 30 days+291—
Stable releases, 12 months70
Latest release4.9.0 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageVuePython

Which one should you pick?

Dashy scores 83/100 against 43/100 for smart-sec-cam, so it is the safer default.

Dashy ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for smart-sec-cam.

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

Dashy is growing faster right now (+291 stars in 30 days).

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