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Coder vs Scrypted

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Coder and Scrypted — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Coder vs Scrypted: at a glance

FeatureCoderScrypted
SectorInfra & APIsInfra & APIs
Velocity score5.00.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themesdevtools, remote-dev, ai-agents, securitysmart-home, nvr, self-hosted, security-fixes
Last editorial update3h ago1h ago
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What is Coder?

Coder now patches three release lines at once, and the fixes keep landing on agent access.

Coder's feed shows patch releases on v2.29, v2.34 and v2.36 within three days, which means a v2.35 and a v2.36 mainline shipped that this feed never captured. The late-October fixes are permission work: new API keys stay within the caller's scopes, fetching external agent credentials now requires SSH permission, and read_skill_file reads are confined to the skill directory. Everything else is release-script and DERP client fixes.

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What is Scrypted?

Scrypted's v0.147.0 pairs RTSP compliance fixes with two web-server security patches.

Scrypted is a self-hosted home video and NVR platform. After a ten-month gap, v0.145.0 and v0.147.0 landed eleven days apart in September. v0.147.0 fixes RTSP parser compliance, an engine.io routing vulnerability and an Express sendFile relative-path issue, and moves plugins to a rollup build.

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Coder vs Scrypted: editorial side-by-side

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Coder
INFRA · APIS
5.0

Coder now patches three release lines at once, and the fixes keep landing on agent access.

◆ Current state

Coder's feed shows patch releases on v2.29, v2.34 and v2.36 within three days, which means a v2.35 and a v2.36 mainline shipped that this feed never captured. The late-October fixes are permission work: new API keys stay within the caller's scopes, fetching external agent credentials now requires SSH permission, and read_skill_file reads are confined to the skill directory. Everything else is release-script and DERP client fixes.

◆ Where it's heading

The security surface is moving to the AI agent features. Two of the three substantive fixes this round concern what an agent can read or which credentials it can obtain, following the June hardening drop on OIDC linking and token theft. The multi-branch backporting continues, so enterprise customers on older lines like 2.29 still get the same permission fixes as the mainline.

◆ Prediction

Expect more permission checks around agent credentials and skills as those features get exercised; the feature releases themselves are not visible in this feed, so their direction is unclear from these entries.

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Scrypted
INFRA · APIS
0.0

Scrypted's v0.147.0 pairs RTSP compliance fixes with two web-server security patches.

◆ Current state

Scrypted is a self-hosted home video and NVR platform. After a ten-month gap, v0.145.0 and v0.147.0 landed eleven days apart in September. v0.147.0 fixes RTSP parser compliance, an engine.io routing vulnerability and an Express sendFile relative-path issue, and moves plugins to a rollup build.

◆ Where it's heading

Visible activity is maintenance and security rather than features: type-safety refactors, dependency updates and server hardening. The last user-facing camera feature in these entries was Amcrest text overlay support in May 2025.

◆ Prediction

Expect sporadic point releases with dependency and security fixes; the entries give no sign of a feature push.

Alternatives to Coder and Scrypted

Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Coder or Scrypted.

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Recent activity from Coder and Scrypted

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 2d agoCoderv2.34.17 confines skill file reads to the skill directory
  2. 2d agoCoderv2.36.12 confines skill file reads to the skill directory
  3. 4d agoCoderv2.29.24 backports API key scope and agent credential checks
  4. 4d agoCoderv2.34.16 backports API key scope and agent credential checks
  5. 4d agoCoderv2.36.11 scopes new API keys and gates agent credentials
  6. 1mo agoScryptedv0.147.0: RTSP parser compliance and web server security fixes
  7. 1mo agoCoderv2.34.10
  8. 2mo agoScryptedv0.145.0: TypeScript type-safety refactoring
  9. 0y agoScryptedv0.143.0: maintenance release
  10. 1y agoScryptedv0.141.0: UniFi and LXC updater fixes
  11. 1y agoScryptedv0.139.0: Amcrest video text overlay support
  12. 1y agoScryptedv0.137.0: cluster manager address fix

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Coder and Scrypted?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Coder is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Coder better than Scrypted?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Coder is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Coder?

Top Coder alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Coder alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/coder for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Scrypted?

Top Scrypted alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Scrypted alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/scrypted for the full list with editorial commentary on each.