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drawdbvsTube Archivist

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

drawdbTube Archivist
Score80/10072/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Diagramming#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars40 1628 552
Stars, last 30 days+464+83
Stable releases, 12 months06
Latest release—v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptPython

Which one should you pick?

drawdb scores 80/100 against 72/100 for Tube Archivist, so it is the safer default.

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

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

drawdb is growing faster right now (+464 stars in 30 days).

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