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RomMvsThumbor

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

RomMThumbor
Score81/10072/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Emulation#2 of 13 in Image Processing
GitHub stars14 14210 528
Stars, last 30 days+974+6
Stable releases, 12 months101
Latest release5.4.1 · 22 Oct 20267.8.0 · 30 May 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

RomM scores 81/100 against 72/100 for Thumbor, so it is the safer default.

RomM ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for Thumbor.

If you want the quickest setup, Thumbor is easier to run; RomM needs more configuration.

RomM is growing faster right now (+974 stars in 30 days).

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