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hostingvssocks5-proxy-server

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

hostingsocks5-proxy-server
Score27/10043/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Video Hosting#5 of 10 in Network
GitHub stars11145
Stars, last 30 days+0+0
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—v1.20.0 · 29 Nov 2025
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageJavaScriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

socks5-proxy-server scores 43/100 against 27/100 for hosting, so it is the safer default.

socks5-proxy-server ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hosting.

If you want the quickest setup, socks5-proxy-server is easier to run; hosting needs more configuration.

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