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hot-updatervsResourceSpace

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

hot-updaterResourceSpace
Score62/10064/100
Rank in category#1 of 20 in Application Management#15 of 142 in Media Management
GitHub stars1 799—
Stars, last 30 days+57—
Stable releases, 12 months470
Latest releasev1.1.4 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherBSD-3-Clause
Main languageTypescript—

Which one should you pick?

ResourceSpace scores 64/100 against 62/100 for hot-updater, so it is the safer default.

hot-updater ships more often: 47 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ResourceSpace.

If you want the quickest setup, ResourceSpace is easier to run; hot-updater needs more configuration.

hot-updater is growing faster right now (+57 stars in 30 days).

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