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librephotosvsqBittorrent (LinuxServer.io)

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

librephotosqBittorrent (LinuxServer.io)
Score71/10067/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#1 of 7 in Torrent
GitHub stars8 1201 760
Stars, last 30 days+37+23
Stable releases, 12 months1352
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 20265.3.0_v2.1.2-ls485 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonDockerfile

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 67/100 for qBittorrent (LinuxServer.io), so it is the safer default.

qBittorrent (LinuxServer.io) ships more often: 52 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for librephotos.

If you want the quickest setup, qBittorrent (LinuxServer.io) is easier to run; librephotos needs more configuration.

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