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grimmoryvsydl_api_ng

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

grimmoryydl_api_ng
Score69/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Book Management#33 of 45 in Download Management
GitHub stars4 625240
Stars, last 30 days+200+0
Stable releases, 12 months190
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 21 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

grimmory scores 69/100 against 46/100 for ydl_api_ng, so it is the safer default.

grimmory ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ydl_api_ng.

grimmory is growing faster right now (+200 stars in 30 days).

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