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umbrelOSvsytdlp_web_player

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

umbrelOSytdlp_web_player
Score72/10055/100
Rank in category#2 of 22 in Home Server#12 of 36 in Video Streaming
GitHub stars12 475809
Stars, last 30 days+423+0
Stable releases, 12 months78
Latest release2.0.0 · 22 Sept 2026v1.3.3 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherGPL-2.0
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

umbrelOS scores 72/100 against 55/100 for ytdlp_web_player, so it is the safer default.

ytdlp_web_player ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for umbrelOS.

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

umbrelOS is growing faster right now (+423 stars in 30 days).

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