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harnessvslibrephotos

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

harnesslibrephotos
Score80/10071/100
Rank in category#3 of 28 in CI/CD#2 of 41 in Photo Management
GitHub stars38 7468 118
Stars, last 30 days+319+35
Stable releases, 12 months613
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 20261.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

harness scores 80/100 against 71/100 for librephotos, so it is the safer default.

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for harness.

If you want the quickest setup, harness is easier to run; librephotos needs more configuration.

harness is growing faster right now (+319 stars in 30 days).

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