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openpanel-covsTube Archivist

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

openpanel-coTube Archivist
Score55/10072/100
Rank in category#6 of 10 in Control Panel#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars7668 552
Stars, last 30 days+17+83
Stable releases, 12 months196
Latest release2.0.19 · 27 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 55/100 for openpanel-co, so it is the safer default.

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

If you want the quickest setup, openpanel-co 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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