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librephotosvsMDCz

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

librephotosMDCz
Score71/10047/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#85 of 142 in Media Management
GitHub stars8 118421
Stars, last 30 days+35—
Stable releases, 12 months139
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026v0.20.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 47/100 for MDCz, so it is the safer default.

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for MDCz.

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

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