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librephotosvsZammad

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

librephotosZammad
Score71/10070/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#1 of 9 in Helpdesk
GitHub stars8 1186 050
Stars, last 30 days+35+98
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonRuby

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 70/100 for Zammad, so it is the safer default.

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

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

Zammad is growing faster right now (+98 stars in 30 days).

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