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rustdeskvsYT Navigator

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

rustdeskYT Navigator
Score92/10044/100
Rank in category#1 of 22 in Remote Desktop#71 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars127 457606
Stars, last 30 days+2 985+0
Stable releases, 12 months70
Latest release1.5.0 · 25 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageRustPython

Which one should you pick?

rustdesk scores 92/100 against 44/100 for YT Navigator, so it is the safer default.

rustdesk ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for YT Navigator.

If you want the quickest setup, rustdesk is easier to run; YT Navigator needs more configuration.

rustdesk is growing faster right now (+2 985 stars in 30 days).

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