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ArchivesSpacevsOmniTools

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

ArchivesSpaceOmniTools
Score58/10072/100
Rank in category#4 of 12 in Archiving & Preservation#13 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars44710 505
Stars, last 30 days+8+258
Stable releases, 12 months21
Latest releasev4.2.1 · 29 Jun 2026v0.7.0 · 20 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageRubyTypescript

Which one should you pick?

OmniTools scores 72/100 against 58/100 for ArchivesSpace, so it is the safer default.

ArchivesSpace ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for OmniTools.

If you want the quickest setup, OmniTools is easier to run; ArchivesSpace needs more configuration.

OmniTools is growing faster right now (+258 stars in 30 days).

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