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outlinevsTube Archivist

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

outlineTube Archivist
Score78/10072/100
Rank in category#1 of 31 in Wikis#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars41 1068 553
Stars, last 30 days+409+84
Stable releases, 12 months146
Latest releasev1.12.0 · 23 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

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

outline ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

outline is growing faster right now (+409 stars in 30 days).

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