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Nextcloudvssmart-sec-cam

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

Nextcloudsmart-sec-cam
Score86/10043/100
Rank in category#1 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration#29 of 36 in Video Streaming
GitHub stars37 336255
Stars, last 30 days+441—
Stable releases, 12 months220
Latest releasev33.0.10 · 15 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languagePHPPython

Which one should you pick?

Nextcloud scores 86/100 against 43/100 for smart-sec-cam, so it is the safer default.

Nextcloud ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for smart-sec-cam.

If you want the quickest setup, Nextcloud is easier to run; smart-sec-cam needs more configuration.

Nextcloud is growing faster right now (+441 stars in 30 days).

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