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OpenListvsYouCast

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

OpenListYouCast
Score80/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 34 in File Management#8 of 18 in Podcasts
GitHub stars25 328265
Stars, last 30 days+570—
Stable releases, 12 months150
Latest releasev4.2.9 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-2.0
Main languageGoC

Which one should you pick?

OpenList scores 80/100 against 46/100 for YouCast, so it is the safer default.

OpenList ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for YouCast.

OpenList is growing faster right now (+570 stars in 30 days).

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