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AriaNgvsTube Archivist

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

AriaNgTube Archivist
Score69/10072/100
Rank in category#7 of 45 in Download Management#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars13 2648 552
Stars, last 30 days+62+83
Stable releases, 12 months46
Latest release1.3.15 · 5 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 69/100 for AriaNg, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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