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ffmpeg-over-ipvsLibrum

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

ffmpeg-over-ipLibrum
Score52/10060/100
Rank in category#6 of 18 in Video Processing#5 of 7 in E-book Management
GitHub stars1 1965 318
Stars, last 30 days—+-1
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasev6.0.0 · 19 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageGoC

Which one should you pick?

Librum scores 60/100 against 52/100 for ffmpeg-over-ip, so it is the safer default.

ffmpeg-over-ip ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Librum.

If you want the quickest setup, ffmpeg-over-ip is easier to run; Librum needs more configuration.

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