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Healthchecksvsydl_api_ng

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

Healthchecksydl_api_ng
Score73/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#33 of 45 in Download Management
GitHub stars10 471240
Stars, last 30 days+109+0
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev5.0.3 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

Healthchecks scores 73/100 against 46/100 for ydl_api_ng, so it is the safer default.

Healthchecks ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ydl_api_ng.

Healthchecks is growing faster right now (+109 stars in 30 days).

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