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librephotosvsPterodactyl

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

librephotosPterodactyl
Score71/10075/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#5 of 62 in Game Servers
GitHub stars8 1189 438
Stars, last 30 days+35+184
Stable releases, 12 months1311
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026v1.15.2 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languagePythonPHP

Which one should you pick?

Pterodactyl scores 75/100 against 71/100 for librephotos, so it is the safer default.

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for Pterodactyl.

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

Pterodactyl is growing faster right now (+184 stars in 30 days).

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