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LXDvsTube Archivist

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

LXDTube Archivist
Score70/10072/100
Rank in category#3 of 15 in Virtualization#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars4 8448 552
Stars, last 30 days+13+83
Stable releases, 12 months196
Latest releaselxd-6.10.1 · 28 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 70/100 for LXD, so it is the safer default.

LXD ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

If you want the quickest setup, LXD 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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