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immich-upload-optimizervslibrephotos

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

immich-upload-optimizerlibrephotos
Score47/10071/100
Rank in category#27 of 41 in Photo Management#2 of 41 in Photo Management
GitHub stars3048 118
Stars, last 30 days—+35
Stable releases, 12 months213
Latest releasev0.5.5 · 4 May 20261.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 47/100 for immich-upload-optimizer, so it is the safer default.

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for immich-upload-optimizer.

librephotos is growing faster right now (+35 stars in 30 days).

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