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mbusdvsPeerTube

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

mbusdPeerTube
Score52/10075/100
Rank in category#3 of 4 in Industrial IoT#1 of 3 in Video Hosting
GitHub stars68515 376
Stars, last 30 days+1+44
Stable releases, 12 months113
Latest releasev0.5.3 · 7 Apr 2026v8.3.2 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseAGPL-3.0
Main languageCTypescript

Which one should you pick?

PeerTube scores 75/100 against 52/100 for mbusd, so it is the safer default.

PeerTube ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for mbusd.

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

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

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