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magic-framevsTube Archivist

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

magic-frameTube Archivist
Score52/10072/100
Rank in category#58 of 104 in Home Automation#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars5118 552
Stars, last 30 days+0+83
Stable releases, 12 months216
Latest releasev1.5.10 · 27 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 52/100 for magic-frame, so it is the safer default.

magic-frame ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

If you want the quickest setup, magic-frame 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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