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librephotosvstiledesk

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

librephotostiledesk
Score71/10051/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#46 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars8 119324
Stars, last 30 days+36+0
Stable releases, 12 months131
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 20261.2.1 · 6 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonMustache

Which one should you pick?

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

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for tiledesk.

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

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

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