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hostingvsWavelog

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

hostingWavelog
Score27/10060/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Video Hosting#1 of 4 in Amateur Radio
GitHub stars11580
Stars, last 30 days+0+39
Stable releases, 12 months019
Latest release—3.2.4 · 13 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

Wavelog scores 60/100 against 27/100 for hosting, so it is the safer default.

Wavelog ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hosting.

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

Wavelog is growing faster right now (+39 stars in 30 days).

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