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cobaltvsPhotoShow

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

cobaltPhotoShow
Score83/10046/100
Rank in category#1 of 45 in Download Management#14 of 19 in Photo Galleries
GitHub stars45 597506
Stars, last 30 days+1 813—
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0-or-later
Main languageSveltePHP

Which one should you pick?

cobalt scores 83/100 against 46/100 for PhotoShow, so it is the safer default.

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

cobalt is growing faster right now (+1 813 stars in 30 days).

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