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openobservevsydl_api_ng

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

openobserveydl_api_ng
Score78/10046/100
Rank in category#9 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#33 of 45 in Download Management
GitHub stars22 592240
Stars, last 30 days+471+0
Stable releases, 12 months220
Latest releasev1.1.2 · 20 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

openobserve scores 78/100 against 46/100 for ydl_api_ng, so it is the safer default.

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

openobserve is growing faster right now (+471 stars in 30 days).

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