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World Monitorvsytdlp_web_player

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

World Monitorytdlp_web_player
Score86/10055/100
Rank in category#5 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#12 of 36 in Video Streaming
GitHub stars89 742809
Stars, last 30 days+2 403+0
Stable releases, 12 months178
Latest releasev2.11.6 · 25 Oct 2026v1.3.3 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-2.0
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

World Monitor scores 86/100 against 55/100 for ytdlp_web_player, so it is the safer default.

World Monitor ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for ytdlp_web_player.

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

World Monitor is growing faster right now (+2 403 stars in 30 days).

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