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MediaMTXvsSOLECTRUS

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

MediaMTXSOLECTRUS
Score79/10051/100
Rank in category#3 of 118 in Media Server#20 of 51 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars20 544166
Stars, last 30 days+292+0
Stable releases, 12 months1812
Latest releasev1.21.3 · 25 Oct 2026v1.3.4 · 12 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoRuby

Which one should you pick?

MediaMTX scores 79/100 against 51/100 for SOLECTRUS, so it is the safer default.

MediaMTX ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 12 for SOLECTRUS.

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

MediaMTX is growing faster right now (+292 stars in 30 days).

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