Rapidbay
Videostreaming service/torrent client that allows searching and playing videos from torrents in the browser or from a Chromecast/AppleTV/Smart TV.
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Still maintained? Yes: 10 commits in the last 90 days.
Comparisons in Media Streaming - Video Streaming: YouTube alternatives, Netflix alternatives, Twitch alternatives, Vimeo alternatives.
At a glance
Rapidbay quick facts
- Health score
- 43/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 902
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Rapidbay requires a torrent indexer for searching. You can use Jackett, Prowlarr, or both at the same time (results are merged and deduplicated)."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Rapidbay scores 43/100, #10 of 19 in Media Streaming - Video Streaming: 10 commits in the last 90 days earn 11.7 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 902 stars add 11.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 11.7 / 35
10 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 11.8 / 20
902 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 10
- Last 90 days
- 41
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #10 of 19 tools in Media Streaming - Video Streaming by health , between VideoLAN Client (VLC) (#9) and Restreamer (#11) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Python, Docker |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 902 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | hauxir/rapidbay ↗ |
Rapidbay vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Rapidbay (Media Streaming - Video Streaming), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invidious | 98 | 26k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| SRS | 98 | 29k | MIT | yesterday |
| Tube Archivist | 96 | 8.6k | GPL-3.0 | 5 days ago |
| Tiramisu | 89 | 151 | GPL-2.0 | 13 days ago |
| Rapidbay (this tool) | 43 | 902 | MIT | yesterday |
| SyncTube | 29 | 395 | MIT | 2 months ago |
Rapidbay: common questions
Is Rapidbay still maintained?
Rapidbay had 10 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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