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RomMvsviewscreen

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

RomMviewscreen
Score81/10038/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Emulation#48 of 54 in Media Streaming
GitHub stars14 147231
Stars, last 30 days+979+0
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest release5.4.1 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

RomM scores 81/100 against 38/100 for viewscreen, so it is the safer default.

RomM ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for viewscreen.

RomM is growing faster right now (+979 stars in 30 days).

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