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EntevsShow Me The Story

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

EnteShow Me The Story
Score82/10047/100
Rank in category#1 of 41 in Photo Management#47 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars29 724631
Stars, last 30 days+664+0
Stable releases, 12 months3010
Latest releaseente-cli-v0.4.2 · 27 Oct 2026v4.0.2 · 4 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageDartGo

Which one should you pick?

Ente scores 82/100 against 47/100 for Show Me The Story, so it is the safer default.

Ente ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for Show Me The Story.

If you want the quickest setup, Show Me The Story is easier to run; Ente needs more configuration.

Ente is growing faster right now (+664 stars in 30 days).

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