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librephotosvsviewscreen

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

librephotosviewscreen
Score71/10038/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#48 of 54 in Media Streaming
GitHub stars8 118231
Stars, last 30 days+35—
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 38/100 for viewscreen, so it is the safer default.

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

librephotos is growing faster right now (+35 stars in 30 days).

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