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librephotosvsrestic-rest-server

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

librephotosrestic-rest-server
Score71/10060/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#17 of 46 in Backup
GitHub stars8 1191 533
Stars, last 30 days+36+36
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITBSD-2-Clause
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 60/100 for restic-rest-server, so it is the safer default.

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for restic-rest-server.

If you want the quickest setup, restic-rest-server is easier to run; librephotos needs more configuration.

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