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hostingvsStackRender

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

hostingStackRender
Score27/10050/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Video Hosting#34 of 40 in Database Management
GitHub stars11555
Stars, last 30 days+0+0
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—v1.4.0 · 10 Jun 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

StackRender scores 50/100 against 27/100 for hosting, so it is the safer default.

StackRender ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hosting.

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

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