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hestiavsYouCast

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

hestiaYouCast
Score68/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 10 in Control Panel#8 of 18 in Podcasts
GitHub stars4 554265
Stars, last 30 days+49+0
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest release1.10.5 · 14 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0GPL-2.0
Main languageShellC

Which one should you pick?

hestia scores 68/100 against 46/100 for YouCast, so it is the safer default.

hestia ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for YouCast.

If you want the quickest setup, YouCast is easier to run; hestia needs more configuration.

hestia is growing faster right now (+49 stars in 30 days).

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