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ntfyvsYouCast

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

ntfyYouCast
Score85/10046/100
Rank in category#1 of 19 in Notifications#8 of 18 in Podcasts
GitHub stars35 147265
Stars, last 30 days+722+0
Stable releases, 12 months220
Latest releasev2.34.0 · 24 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-2.0
Main languageGoC

Which one should you pick?

ntfy scores 85/100 against 46/100 for YouCast, so it is the safer default.

ntfy ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for YouCast.

ntfy is growing faster right now (+722 stars in 30 days).

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