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Piikvsself-hosted-livesync-server

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

Piikself-hosted-livesync-server
Score73/10045/100
Rank in category#1 of 4 in Live Streaming#37 of 40 in Database Management
GitHub stars3 886274
Stars, last 30 days+428+0
Stable releases, 12 months140
Latest releasev2.5.0 · 26 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptShell

Which one should you pick?

Piik scores 73/100 against 45/100 for self-hosted-livesync-server, so it is the safer default.

Piik ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for self-hosted-livesync-server.

If you want the quickest setup, Piik is easier to run; self-hosted-livesync-server needs more configuration.

Piik is growing faster right now (+428 stars in 30 days).

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