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etcdvshls-restream-proxy

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

etcdhls-restream-proxy
Score83/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 38 in Databases#42 of 54 in Media Streaming
GitHub stars52 432255
Stars, last 30 days+125—
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev3.7.3 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

etcd scores 83/100 against 46/100 for hls-restream-proxy, so it is the safer default.

etcd ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hls-restream-proxy.

etcd is growing faster right now (+125 stars in 30 days).

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