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capjsvsTube Archivist

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

capjsTube Archivist
Score72/10072/100
Rank in category#15 of 78 in Security#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars8 2058 553
Stars, last 30 days+353+84
Stable releases, 12 months166
Latest releasestandalone@3.1.13 · 23 Sept 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptPython

Which one should you pick?

capjs and Tube Archivist score the same (72/100), so the choice comes down to the details below.

capjs ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

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

capjs is growing faster right now (+353 stars in 30 days).

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