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MediaCMSvsscanopy

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

MediaCMSscanopy
Score67/10064/100
Rank in category#2 of 3 in Video Hosting#1 of 10 in Network
GitHub stars5 1705 915
Stars, last 30 days+45+116
Stable releases, 12 months2641
Latest releasev9.4.0 · 26 Oct 2026v0.19.4 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonRust

Which one should you pick?

MediaCMS scores 67/100 against 64/100 for scanopy, so it is the safer default.

scanopy ships more often: 41 stable releases in the past year, against 26 for MediaCMS.

scanopy is growing faster right now (+116 stars in 30 days).

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