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LocustvsTube Archivist

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

LocustTube Archivist
Score78/10072/100
Rank in category#1 of 10 in Testing#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars28 2478 552
Stars, last 30 days+65+83
Stable releases, 12 months206
Latest release2.47.0 · 21 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

Locust scores 78/100 against 72/100 for Tube Archivist, so it is the safer default.

Locust ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

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

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