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hls-restream-proxyvsSeaweedFS

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

hls-restream-proxySeaweedFS
Score46/10081/100
Rank in category#42 of 54 in Media Streaming#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage
GitHub stars25535 793
Stars, last 30 days—+868
Stable releases, 12 months028
Latest release—4.51 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 46/100 for hls-restream-proxy, so it is the safer default.

SeaweedFS ships more often: 28 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hls-restream-proxy.

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+868 stars in 30 days).

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