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pi-dispatchvsTube Archivist

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pi-dispatchTube Archivist
Score50/10072/100
Rank in category#50 of 125 in AI#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars1888 552
Stars, last 30 days+0+83
Stable releases, 12 months106
Latest releasev4.3.1 · 14 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 50/100 for pi-dispatch, so it is the safer default.

pi-dispatch ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

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

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