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etcdvsNginx-Reverse-Emby

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

etcdNginx-Reverse-Emby
Score83/10047/100
Rank in category#2 of 38 in Databases#18 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars52 432191
Stars, last 30 days+122+0
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev3.7.3 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

etcd scores 83/100 against 47/100 for Nginx-Reverse-Emby, so it is the safer default.

etcd ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Nginx-Reverse-Emby.

etcd is growing faster right now (+122 stars in 30 days).

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