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librephotosvsPharos

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

librephotosPharos
Score71/10044/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#80 of 125 in AI
GitHub stars8 119241
Stars, last 30 days+36+0
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 44/100 for Pharos, so it is the safer default.

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Pharos.

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

librephotos is growing faster right now (+36 stars in 30 days).

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