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CompreFacevsTube Archivist

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

CompreFaceTube Archivist
Score69/10072/100
Rank in category#19 of 124 in AI#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars8 3878 552
Stars, last 30 days+55+83
Stable releases, 12 months06
Latest release—v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

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

Tube Archivist ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for CompreFace.

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

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