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MediaCMSvsTelegramRSS

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

MediaCMSTelegramRSS
Score67/10047/100
Rank in category#2 of 3 in Video Hosting#41 of 85 in Feed Reader
GitHub stars5 171300
Stars, last 30 days+46+0
Stable releases, 12 months262
Latest releasev9.4.0 · 26 Oct 2026v4.5.0 · 6 Jun 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonPHP

Which one should you pick?

MediaCMS scores 67/100 against 47/100 for TelegramRSS, so it is the safer default.

MediaCMS ships more often: 26 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for TelegramRSS.

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

MediaCMS is growing faster right now (+46 stars in 30 days).

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