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MediaCMSvssandboxed.sh

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

MediaCMSsandboxed.sh
Score67/10050/100
Rank in category#2 of 3 in Video Hosting#97 of 209 in AI Agents
GitHub stars5 172678
Stars, last 30 days+47+6
Stable releases, 12 months269
Latest releasev9.4.0 · 26 Oct 2026android-v1.21.1 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0—
Main languagePythonRust

Which one should you pick?

MediaCMS scores 67/100 against 50/100 for sandboxed.sh, so it is the safer default.

MediaCMS ships more often: 26 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for sandboxed.sh.

If you want the quickest setup, MediaCMS is easier to run; sandboxed.sh needs more configuration.

MediaCMS is growing faster right now (+47 stars in 30 days).

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