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librephotosvsTube Archivist

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

librephotosTube Archivist
Score71/10072/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars8 1188 552
Stars, last 30 days+35+83
Stable releases, 12 months136
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 71/100 for librephotos, so it is the safer default.

librephotos ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

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

Tube Archivist is growing faster right now (+83 stars in 30 days).

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