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hostingvsstoryden

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

hostingstoryden
Score27/10050/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Video Hosting#45 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars11343
Stars, last 30 days+0—
Stable releases, 12 months015
Latest release—v1.26.16 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MPL-2.0
Main languageJavaScriptGo

Which one should you pick?

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

storyden ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hosting.

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

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