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MediaMTXvsSure

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

MediaMTXSure
Score79/10074/100
Rank in category#3 of 118 in Media Server#4 of 62 in Personal Finance
GitHub stars20 53910 713
Stars, last 30 days+287+681
Stable releases, 12 months1815
Latest releasev1.21.3 · 25 Oct 2026v0.7.5-hotfix.3 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoRuby

Which one should you pick?

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

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

Sure is growing faster right now (+681 stars in 30 days).

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