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JellySearchvsmedia-stack

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

JellySearchmedia-stack
Score50/10058/100
Rank in category#65 of 119 in Media Server#34 of 119 in Media Server
GitHub stars—1 260
Stars, last 30 days—+13
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicensemitGPL-3.0
Main language——

Which one should you pick?

media-stack scores 58/100 against 50/100 for JellySearch, so it is the safer default.

media-stack is growing faster right now (+13 stars in 30 days).

Key differences

  • License: JellySearch is mit, media-stack is GPL-3.0.
  • Features only JellySearch lists: Client-transparent via reverse proxy, Full-text search proxy, Genre search, Multi-field search and 3 more.
  • Features only media-stack lists: AI-powered recommendations, Compose-profile deployment, Media request management, Media streaming and 5 more.

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