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ChronoFramevsSandstorm

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

ChronoFrameSandstorm
Score63/10065/100
Rank in category#8 of 41 in Photo Management#1 of 5 in Web Hosting
GitHub stars1 9647 078
Stars, last 30 days+32+1
Stable releases, 12 months30
Latest releasev1.0.2 · 21 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Sandstorm scores 65/100 against 63/100 for ChronoFrame, so it is the safer default.

ChronoFrame ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Sandstorm.

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

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

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