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deer-flowvsPhotoShow

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

deer-flowPhotoShow
Score86/10046/100
Rank in category#5 of 209 in AI Agents#14 of 19 in Photo Galleries
GitHub stars84 652506
Stars, last 30 days+1 704+0
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev2.1.0 · 24 Sept 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITGPL-3.0-or-later
Main languagePythonPHP

Which one should you pick?

deer-flow scores 86/100 against 46/100 for PhotoShow, so it is the safer default.

deer-flow ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for PhotoShow.

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

deer-flow is growing faster right now (+1 704 stars in 30 days).

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