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librephotosvsDeta Surf

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

librephotosDeta Surf
Score71/10059/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#21 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars8 1203 613
Stars, last 30 days+37+0
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 59/100 for Deta Surf, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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