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librephotosvsPimcore

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

librephotosPimcore
Score71/10061/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#6 of 18 in Content Management
GitHub stars8 1183 883
Stars, last 30 days+35+28
Stable releases, 12 months1335
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026v2026.3.3.1 · 22 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languagePythonPHP

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 61/100 for Pimcore, so it is the safer default.

Pimcore ships more often: 35 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for librephotos.

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

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