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ChronoFramevsLidaTube

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

ChronoFrameLidaTube
Score63/10046/100
Rank in category#8 of 41 in Photo Management#22 of 31 in Music
GitHub stars1 964367
Stars, last 30 days+32—
Stable releases, 12 months316
Latest releasev1.0.2 · 21 Oct 2026v0.2.58 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

ChronoFrame scores 63/100 against 46/100 for LidaTube, so it is the safer default.

LidaTube ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for ChronoFrame.

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

ChronoFrame is growing faster right now (+32 stars in 30 days).

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