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Glancevshls-restream-proxy

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

Glancehls-restream-proxy
Score80/10046/100
Rank in category#3 of 44 in Dashboard#42 of 54 in Media Streaming
GitHub stars37 826255
Stars, last 30 days+642—
Stable releases, 12 months30
Latest releasev0.8.7 · 15 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

Glance scores 80/100 against 46/100 for hls-restream-proxy, so it is the safer default.

Glance ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hls-restream-proxy.

If you want the quickest setup, Glance is easier to run; hls-restream-proxy needs more configuration.

Glance is growing faster right now (+642 stars in 30 days).

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