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fosscordvsPlayerr

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

fosscordPlayerr
Score63/10045/100
Rank in category#15 of 110 in Chat#17 of 23 in Gaming
GitHub stars6 720180
Stars, last 30 days+9—
Stable releases, 12 months010
Latest release—v0.4.8 · 3 Feb 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main language—C

Which one should you pick?

fosscord scores 63/100 against 45/100 for Playerr, so it is the safer default.

Playerr ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for fosscord.

If you want the quickest setup, Playerr is easier to run; fosscord needs more configuration.

fosscord is growing faster right now (+9 stars in 30 days).

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