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headscalevshls-restream-proxy

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

headscalehls-restream-proxy
Score82/10046/100
Rank in category#1 of 31 in Networking#42 of 54 in Media Streaming
GitHub stars45 145255
Stars, last 30 days+1 075—
Stable releases, 12 months70
Latest releasev0.29.6 · 24 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseMIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

headscale scores 82/100 against 46/100 for hls-restream-proxy, so it is the safer default.

headscale ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hls-restream-proxy.

headscale is growing faster right now (+1 075 stars in 30 days).

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