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UnisonvsYT Navigator

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

UnisonYT Navigator
Score65/10044/100
Rank in category#2 of 15 in File Sync#71 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars5 559606
Stars, last 30 days+65+0
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev2.54.0 · 1 May 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageOCamlPython

Which one should you pick?

Unison scores 65/100 against 44/100 for YT Navigator, so it is the safer default.

Unison ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for YT Navigator.

If you want the quickest setup, Unison is easier to run; YT Navigator needs more configuration.

Unison is growing faster right now (+65 stars in 30 days).

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