selfhost.directory

The index of self-hostable projects — ranked, categorized and served with live updates.
Own your data and stop giving it to big tech.

ExcaliDashvsyoutube-dl-nas

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

ExcaliDashyoutube-dl-nas
Score58/10050/100
Rank in category#3 of 9 in Whiteboarding#27 of 45 in Download Management
GitHub stars1 703201
Stars, last 30 days+120+0
Stable releases, 12 months811
Latest releasev0.6.6 · 22 Oct 202626.1029 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseLGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

ExcaliDash scores 58/100 against 50/100 for youtube-dl-nas, so it is the safer default.

youtube-dl-nas ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for ExcaliDash.

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

ExcaliDash is growing faster right now (+120 stars in 30 days).

Swap a project

Keep ExcaliDash, compare it with
Keep youtube-dl-nas, compare it with