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illa-buildervsTube Archivist

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

illa-builderTube Archivist
Score67/10072/100
Rank in category#3 of 17 in Low Code#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars12 3368 552
Stars, last 30 days+12+83
Stable releases, 12 months06
Latest release—v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 67/100 for illa-builder, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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