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SRSvsvanilla-cookbook

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

SRSvanilla-cookbook
Score78/10046/100
Rank in category#4 of 118 in Media Server#13 of 18 in Recipe Management
GitHub stars29 390158
Stars, last 30 days+111+0
Stable releases, 12 months1313
Latest releasev7.0-a3 · 25 Oct 2026v1.6.1 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageCJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

SRS scores 78/100 against 46/100 for vanilla-cookbook, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, vanilla-cookbook is easier to run; SRS needs more configuration.

SRS is growing faster right now (+111 stars in 30 days).

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