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librephotosvsNginx Proxy Manager

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

librephotosNginx Proxy Manager
Score71/10082/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#2 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars8 11834 562
Stars, last 30 days+35+348
Stable releases, 12 months1311
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026v2.16.0 · 24 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Nginx Proxy Manager scores 82/100 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 Manager.

If you want the quickest setup, Nginx Proxy Manager is easier to run; librephotos needs more configuration.

Nginx Proxy Manager is growing faster right now (+348 stars in 30 days).

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