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Dispatcharrvsytdlp_web_player

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

Dispatcharrytdlp_web_player
Score72/10055/100
Rank in category#7 of 118 in Media Server#12 of 36 in Video Streaming
GitHub stars4 414809
Stars, last 30 days+299—
Stable releases, 12 months208
Latest releasev0.33.0 · 24 Oct 2026v1.3.3 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-2.0
Main languagePythonJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Dispatcharr scores 72/100 against 55/100 for ytdlp_web_player, so it is the safer default.

Dispatcharr ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for ytdlp_web_player.

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

Dispatcharr is growing faster right now (+299 stars in 30 days).

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