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librephotosvsMediary Scout

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

librephotosMediary Scout
Score71/10059/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#28 of 142 in Media Management
GitHub stars8 1181 593
Stars, last 30 days+35—
Stable releases, 12 months1311
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026v2026.10.29 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMIT0BSD
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 59/100 for Mediary Scout, so it is the safer default.

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for Mediary Scout.

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

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