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ShinobivsWastebin

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

ShinobiWastebin
Score66/10056/100
Rank in category#3 of 24 in Video Surveillance#4 of 19 in Pastebins
GitHub stars—880
Stars, last 30 days—+20
Stable releases, 12 months011
Latest release—3.9.0 · 15 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main language—Rust

Which one should you pick?

Shinobi scores 66/100 against 56/100 for Wastebin, so it is the safer default.

Wastebin ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Shinobi.

If you want the quickest setup, Wastebin is easier to run; Shinobi needs more configuration.

Wastebin is growing faster right now (+20 stars in 30 days).

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