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PharosvsTube Archivist

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

PharosTube Archivist
Score44/10072/100
Rank in category#80 of 125 in AI#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars2418 552
Stars, last 30 days+0+83
Stable releases, 12 months06
Latest release—v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 44/100 for Pharos, so it is the safer default.

Tube Archivist ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Pharos.

Tube Archivist is growing faster right now (+83 stars in 30 days).

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