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stremio-dockervsWriteFreely

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

stremio-dockerWriteFreely
Score52/10065/100
Rank in category#33 of 54 in Media Streaming#2 of 24 in Blogging
GitHub stars5265 276
Stars, last 30 days+0+19
Stable releases, 12 months173
Latest releasev1.3.14 · 21 Oct 2026v0.17.2 · 10 Aug 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptGo

Which one should you pick?

WriteFreely scores 65/100 against 52/100 for stremio-docker, so it is the safer default.

stremio-docker ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for WriteFreely.

If you want the quickest setup, stremio-docker is easier to run; WriteFreely needs more configuration.

WriteFreely is growing faster right now (+19 stars in 30 days).

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