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telethon_downloadervsWeKnora

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

telethon_downloaderWeKnora
Score45/10083/100
Rank in category#34 of 45 in Download Management#1 of 7 in RAG
GitHub stars20635 915
Stars, last 30 days+0+1 042
Stable releases, 12 months010
Latest release—v0.9.0 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

WeKnora scores 83/100 against 45/100 for telethon_downloader, so it is the safer default.

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

WeKnora is growing faster right now (+1 042 stars in 30 days).

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