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

hostingtwinny
Score27/10063/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Video Hosting#16 of 120 in AI Assistant
GitHub stars113 685
Stars, last 30 days+0+0
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—v4.0.20 · 22 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

twinny scores 63/100 against 27/100 for hosting, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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