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GiteavsNginx-Reverse-Emby

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

GiteaNginx-Reverse-Emby
Score89/10047/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Code Hosting#18 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars58 760191
Stars, last 30 days+607+0
Stable releases, 12 months170
Latest releasev28.2.0 · 18 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

Gitea scores 89/100 against 47/100 for Nginx-Reverse-Emby, so it is the safer default.

Gitea ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Nginx-Reverse-Emby.

Gitea is growing faster right now (+607 stars in 30 days).

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