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Mailcowvsstremio-docker

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

Mailcowstremio-docker
Score77/10052/100
Rank in category#2 of 106 in Email#33 of 54 in Media Streaming
GitHub stars13 713526
Stars, last 30 days+215—
Stable releases, 12 months1617
Latest release2026-10 · 21 Oct 2026v1.3.14 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Mailcow scores 77/100 against 52/100 for stremio-docker, so it is the safer default.

stremio-docker ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 16 for Mailcow.

If you want the quickest setup, stremio-docker is easier to run; Mailcow needs more configuration.

Mailcow is growing faster right now (+215 stars in 30 days).

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