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librephotosvsrtmp-hls-server

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

librephotosrtmp-hls-server
Score71/10042/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#46 of 54 in Media Streaming
GitHub stars8 118446
Stars, last 30 days+35—
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonShell

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 42/100 for rtmp-hls-server, so it is the safer default.

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

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

librephotos is growing faster right now (+35 stars in 30 days).

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