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Baby BuddyvsThumbor

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

Baby BuddyThumbor
Score66/10072/100
Rank in category#4 of 31 in Health & Fitness#2 of 13 in Image Processing
GitHub stars2 93410 528
Stars, last 30 days+36+6
Stable releases, 12 months71
Latest releasev2.11.0 · 19 Sept 20267.8.0 · 30 May 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseBSD-2-ClauseMIT
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

Thumbor scores 72/100 against 66/100 for Baby Buddy, so it is the safer default.

Baby Buddy ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for Thumbor.

Baby Buddy is growing faster right now (+36 stars in 30 days).

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