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birdnet-govsTube Archivist

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

birdnet-goTube Archivist
Score69/10072/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Audio Streaming#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars2 3788 552
Stars, last 30 days+194+83
Stable releases, 12 months76
Latest release20261014 · 14 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

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

birdnet-go ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

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

birdnet-go is growing faster right now (+194 stars in 30 days).

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