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librephotosvspikvm

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

librephotospikvm
Score71/10072/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#3 of 23 in Remote Access
GitHub stars8 11810 424
Stars, last 30 days+35+71
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languagePython—

Which one should you pick?

pikvm scores 72/100 against 71/100 for librephotos, so it is the safer default.

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

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

pikvm is growing faster right now (+71 stars in 30 days).

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