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World Monitorvsydl_api_ng

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

World Monitorydl_api_ng
Score86/10046/100
Rank in category#5 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#33 of 45 in Download Management
GitHub stars89 750240
Stars, last 30 days+2 411+0
Stable releases, 12 months170
Latest releasev2.11.6 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

World Monitor scores 86/100 against 46/100 for ydl_api_ng, so it is the safer default.

World Monitor ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ydl_api_ng.

If you want the quickest setup, ydl_api_ng is easier to run; World Monitor needs more configuration.

World Monitor is growing faster right now (+2 411 stars in 30 days).

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