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World Monitorvsyoutube-dl-nas

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World Monitoryoutube-dl-nas
Score86/10050/100
Rank in category#5 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#27 of 45 in Download Management
GitHub stars89 732201
Stars, last 30 days+2 393+0
Stable releases, 12 months1711
Latest releasev2.11.6 · 25 Oct 202626.1029 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

World Monitor scores 86/100 against 50/100 for youtube-dl-nas, so it is the safer default.

World Monitor ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for youtube-dl-nas.

If you want the quickest setup, youtube-dl-nas is easier to run; World Monitor needs more configuration.

World Monitor is growing faster right now (+2 393 stars in 30 days).

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