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elasticsearchvsyoutube-dl-nas

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

elasticsearchyoutube-dl-nas
Score84/10050/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#27 of 45 in Download Management
GitHub stars78 427201
Stars, last 30 days+447+0
Stable releases, 12 months3211
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 202626.1029 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 84/100 against 50/100 for youtube-dl-nas, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for youtube-dl-nas.

If you want the quickest setup, youtube-dl-nas is easier to run; elasticsearch needs more configuration.

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+447 stars in 30 days).

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