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.

ffmpeg-over-ipvsKavita

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

ffmpeg-over-ipKavita
Score52/10073/100
Rank in category#6 of 18 in Video Processing#1 of 14 in Comics
GitHub stars1 19611 969
Stars, last 30 days+0+233
Stable releases, 12 months68
Latest releasev6.0.0 · 19 Oct 2026v0.9.1.4 · 2 Sept 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageGoC#

Which one should you pick?

Kavita scores 73/100 against 52/100 for ffmpeg-over-ip, so it is the safer default.

Kavita ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for ffmpeg-over-ip.

Kavita is growing faster right now (+233 stars in 30 days).

Swap a project

Keep ffmpeg-over-ip, compare it with