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AFFiNE Community EditionvsTube Archivist

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

AFFiNE Community EditionTube Archivist
Score83/10072/100
Rank in category#2 of 42 in Knowledge Management#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars73 9498 552
Stars, last 30 days+1 003+83
Stable releases, 12 months46
Latest releasev0.27.4 · 17 Aug 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

AFFiNE Community Edition scores 83/100 against 72/100 for Tube Archivist, so it is the safer default.

Tube Archivist ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for AFFiNE Community Edition.

If you want the quickest setup, AFFiNE Community Edition is easier to run; Tube Archivist needs more configuration.

AFFiNE Community Edition is growing faster right now (+1 003 stars in 30 days).

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