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lobsters-rails-projectvsSRS

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

lobsters-rails-projectSRS
Score66/10078/100
Rank in category#8 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums#4 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars4 85329 390
Stars, last 30 days+12+113
Stable releases, 12 months013
Latest release—v7.0-a3 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageRubyC

Which one should you pick?

SRS scores 78/100 against 66/100 for lobsters-rails-project, so it is the safer default.

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

If you want the quickest setup, SRS is easier to run; lobsters-rails-project needs more configuration.

SRS is growing faster right now (+113 stars in 30 days).

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