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DocsvsTube Archivist

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

DocsTube Archivist
Score75/10072/100
Rank in category#3 of 81 in Notes & Editors#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars16 9578 553
Stars, last 30 days+98+84
Stable releases, 12 months176
Latest releasev6.0.4 · 26 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Docs scores 75/100 against 72/100 for Tube Archivist, so it is the safer default.

Docs ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

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