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Mesheryvsytdlp_web_player

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

Mesheryytdlp_web_player
Score73/10055/100
Rank in category#2 of 7 in Kubernetes#12 of 36 in Video Streaming
GitHub stars12 073809
Stars, last 30 days+52—
Stable releases, 12 months128
Latest releasev1.0.74 · 22 Oct 2026v1.3.3 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-2.0
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Meshery scores 73/100 against 55/100 for ytdlp_web_player, so it is the safer default.

Meshery ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for ytdlp_web_player.

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

Meshery is growing faster right now (+52 stars in 30 days).

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