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Pelican PanelvsYT Zero

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

Pelican PanelYT Zero
Score64/10052/100
Rank in category#13 of 62 in Game Servers#53 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars2 414669
Stars, last 30 days+83+0
Stable releases, 12 months09
Latest release—2026.09.9 · 28 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Unlicense
Main languagePHPTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Pelican Panel scores 64/100 against 52/100 for YT Zero, so it is the safer default.

YT Zero ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Pelican Panel.

If you want the quickest setup, YT Zero is easier to run; Pelican Panel needs more configuration.

Pelican Panel is growing faster right now (+83 stars in 30 days).

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