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MeTubevsSwizGuard

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

MeTubeSwizGuard
Score76/10042/100
Rank in category#4 of 45 in Download Management#46 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars15 128232
Stars, last 30 days+285+0
Stable releases, 12 months480
Latest release2026.10.27 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonShell

Which one should you pick?

MeTube scores 76/100 against 42/100 for SwizGuard, so it is the safer default.

MeTube ships more often: 48 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SwizGuard.

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

MeTube is growing faster right now (+285 stars in 30 days).

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