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Rivenvszurg-testing

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

Rivenzurg-testing
Score55/10054/100
Rank in category#42 of 118 in Media Server#47 of 142 in Media Management
GitHub stars820937
Stars, last 30 days+3+1
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—v1.0.0 · 9 Aug 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0—
Main languagePythonPowerShell

Which one should you pick?

Riven scores 55/100 against 54/100 for zurg-testing, so it is the safer default.

zurg-testing ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Riven.

If you want the quickest setup, zurg-testing is easier to run; Riven needs more configuration.

Riven is growing faster right now (+3 stars in 30 days).

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