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wgervsYT Zero

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

wgerYT Zero
Score73/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 31 in Health & Fitness#53 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars7 203669
Stars, last 30 days+240+0
Stable releases, 12 months49
Latest release2.7 · 3 Sept 20262026.09.9 · 28 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Unlicense
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

wger scores 73/100 against 52/100 for YT Zero, so it is the safer default.

YT Zero ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for wger.

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

wger is growing faster right now (+240 stars in 30 days).

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