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FloodvsTube Archivist

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

FloodTube Archivist
Score65/10072/100
Rank in category#2 of 7 in Torrent#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars2 8608 552
Stars, last 30 days+17+83
Stable releases, 12 months136
Latest releasev4.16.3 · 17 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 65/100 for Flood, so it is the safer default.

Flood ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

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

Tube Archivist is growing faster right now (+83 stars in 30 days).

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