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Home Assistantvsydl_api_ng

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

Home Assistantydl_api_ng
Score91/10046/100
Rank in category#1 of 104 in Home Automation#33 of 45 in Download Management
GitHub stars91 810240
Stars, last 30 days+673+0
Stable releases, 12 months610
Latest release2026.11.0b0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

Home Assistant scores 91/100 against 46/100 for ydl_api_ng, so it is the safer default.

Home Assistant ships more often: 61 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ydl_api_ng.

Home Assistant is growing faster right now (+673 stars in 30 days).

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