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Mesheryvsrtmp-hls-server

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

Mesheryrtmp-hls-server
Score73/10042/100
Rank in category#2 of 7 in Kubernetes#46 of 54 in Media Streaming
GitHub stars12 072446
Stars, last 30 days+51—
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev1.0.74 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptShell

Which one should you pick?

Meshery scores 73/100 against 42/100 for rtmp-hls-server, so it is the safer default.

Meshery ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for rtmp-hls-server.

If you want the quickest setup, rtmp-hls-server is easier to run; Meshery needs more configuration.

Meshery is growing faster right now (+51 stars in 30 days).

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