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librephotosvsProxmox Kubernetes Engine

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

librephotosProxmox Kubernetes Engine
Score71/10041/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#10 of 11 in Container Orchestration
GitHub stars8 120244
Stars, last 30 days+37+0
Stable releases, 12 months137
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026v0.0.7 · 13 Sept 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languagePython—

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 41/100 for Proxmox Kubernetes Engine, so it is the safer default.

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for Proxmox Kubernetes Engine.

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

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

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