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librephotosvsnginx-proxy

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

librephotosnginx-proxy
Score71/10076/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#3 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars8 11819 936
Stars, last 30 days+35+18
Stable releases, 12 months1311
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 20261.11.6 · 16 Jul 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

nginx-proxy scores 76/100 against 71/100 for librephotos, so it is the safer default.

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for nginx-proxy.

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

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