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MediaCMSvsshm

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

MediaCMSshm
Score67/10045/100
Rank in category#2 of 3 in Video Hosting#77 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars5 172165
Stars, last 30 days+47+0
Stable releases, 12 months269
Latest releasev9.4.0 · 26 Oct 2026v1.2.7 · 29 Jul 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

MediaCMS scores 67/100 against 45/100 for shm, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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