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librephotosvsswarm-cronjob

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

librephotosswarm-cronjob
Score71/10051/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#20 of 26 in Automation
GitHub stars8 119888
Stars, last 30 days+36+0
Stable releases, 12 months133
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026v1.16.1 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 51/100 for swarm-cronjob, so it is the safer default.

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for swarm-cronjob.

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

librephotos is growing faster right now (+36 stars in 30 days).

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