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KavitavsLiquidsoap

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

KavitaLiquidsoap
Score73/10062/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Comics#8 of 54 in Media Streaming
GitHub stars11 9701 742
Stars, last 30 days+234+0
Stable releases, 12 months89
Latest releasev0.9.1.4 · 2 Sept 2026rolling-release-v2.5.x · 28 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0GPL-2.0
Main languageC#OCaml

Which one should you pick?

Kavita scores 73/100 against 62/100 for Liquidsoap, so it is the safer default.

Liquidsoap ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for Kavita.

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

Kavita is growing faster right now (+234 stars in 30 days).

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