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librephotosvsPlant-it

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

librephotosPlant-it
Score71/10052/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#7 of 15 in Home Management
GitHub stars8 1201 376
Stars, last 30 days+37+0
Stable releases, 12 months131
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 20261.0.1 · 20 Jan 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonDart

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 52/100 for Plant-it, so it is the safer default.

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for Plant-it.

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

librephotos is growing faster right now (+37 stars in 30 days).

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