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librephotosvsSosse

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

librephotosSosse
Score71/10052/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#25 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars8 120408
Stars, last 30 days+37+0
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 52/100 for Sosse, so it is the safer default.

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Sosse.

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

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

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