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netbirdvsNginx-Reverse-Emby

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

netbirdNginx-Reverse-Emby
Score81/10047/100
Rank in category#2 of 56 in VPN#18 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars30 318191
Stars, last 30 days+815+0
Stable releases, 12 months410
Latest releasev0.82.0 · 29 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

netbird scores 81/100 against 47/100 for Nginx-Reverse-Emby, so it is the safer default.

netbird ships more often: 41 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Nginx-Reverse-Emby.

netbird is growing faster right now (+815 stars in 30 days).

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