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GlancevsYT Navigator

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

GlanceYT Navigator
Score80/10044/100
Rank in category#3 of 44 in Dashboard#71 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars37 854606
Stars, last 30 days+657+0
Stable releases, 12 months30
Latest releasev0.8.7 · 15 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

Glance scores 80/100 against 44/100 for YT Navigator, so it is the safer default.

Glance ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for YT Navigator.

If you want the quickest setup, Glance is easier to run; YT Navigator needs more configuration.

Glance is growing faster right now (+657 stars in 30 days).

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