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lobsters-rails-projectvsPeerTube

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

lobsters-rails-projectPeerTube
Score66/10075/100
Rank in category#7 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums#1 of 3 in Video Hosting
GitHub stars4 85315 374
Stars, last 30 days+12+44
Stable releases, 12 months013
Latest release—v8.3.2 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageRubyTypescript

Which one should you pick?

PeerTube scores 75/100 against 66/100 for lobsters-rails-project, so it is the safer default.

PeerTube ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for lobsters-rails-project.

PeerTube is growing faster right now (+44 stars in 30 days).

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