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librephotosvsZero-K

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

librephotosZero-K
Score71/10062/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Photo Management#2 of 23 in Gaming
GitHub stars8 118877
Stars, last 30 days+35+26
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest release1.5.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITGPL-2.0
Main languagePythonLua

Which one should you pick?

librephotos scores 71/100 against 62/100 for Zero-K, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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