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MediaMTXvsMend Renovate CLI

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

MediaMTXMend Renovate CLI
Score79/10074/100
Rank in category#3 of 118 in Media Server#11 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars20 53922 945
Stars, last 30 days+303—
Stable releases, 12 months1815
Latest releasev1.21.3 · 25 Oct 202644.192.2 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

MediaMTX scores 79/100 against 74/100 for Mend Renovate CLI, so it is the safer default.

MediaMTX ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 15 for Mend Renovate CLI.

If you want the quickest setup, MediaMTX is easier to run; Mend Renovate CLI needs more configuration.

MediaMTX is growing faster right now (+303 stars in 30 days).

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