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MediaMTXvsSPFtoolbox

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

MediaMTXSPFtoolbox
Score79/10046/100
Rank in category#3 of 118 in Media Server#17 of 20 in Network Utilities
GitHub stars20 544299
Stars, last 30 days+292+0
Stable releases, 12 months180
Latest releasev1.21.3 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageGoPHP

Which one should you pick?

MediaMTX scores 79/100 against 46/100 for SPFtoolbox, so it is the safer default.

MediaMTX ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SPFtoolbox.

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

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