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elasticsearchvsOpenTogetherTube

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

elasticsearchOpenTogetherTube
Score84/10051/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#16 of 36 in Video Streaming
GitHub stars78 429577
Stars, last 30 days+449+0
Stable releases, 12 months321
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026v0.15.0 · 4 Jun 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 84/100 against 51/100 for OpenTogetherTube, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for OpenTogetherTube.

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

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+449 stars in 30 days).

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