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hls-restream-proxyvsRedis

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

hls-restream-proxyRedis
Score46/10086/100
Rank in category#42 of 54 in Media Streaming#1 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars25577 149
Stars, last 30 days—+695
Stable releases, 12 months036
Latest release—8.10.3 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languagePythonC

Which one should you pick?

Redis scores 86/100 against 46/100 for hls-restream-proxy, so it is the safer default.

Redis ships more often: 36 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hls-restream-proxy.

Redis is growing faster right now (+695 stars in 30 days).

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