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Halovsydl_api_ng

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

Haloydl_api_ng
Score79/10046/100
Rank in category#3 of 42 in Content Management#33 of 45 in Download Management
GitHub stars40 072240
Stars, last 30 days+196—
Stable releases, 12 months160
Latest releasev2.27.1 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

Halo scores 79/100 against 46/100 for ydl_api_ng, so it is the safer default.

Halo ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ydl_api_ng.

Halo is growing faster right now (+196 stars in 30 days).

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