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livekitvsOpenELIS Global

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

livekitOpenELIS Global
Score80/10054/100
Rank in category#2 of 118 in Media Server#3 of 5 in Healthcare
GitHub stars21 913278
Stars, last 30 days+814+0
Stable releases, 12 months198
Latest releasev1.13.11 · 25 Oct 20263.3.0 · 20 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseApache-2.0MPL-2.0
Main languageGoJava

Which one should you pick?

livekit scores 80/100 against 54/100 for OpenELIS Global, so it is the safer default.

livekit ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for OpenELIS Global.

If you want the quickest setup, OpenELIS Global is easier to run; livekit needs more configuration.

livekit is growing faster right now (+814 stars in 30 days).

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