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rpi-mqtt-monitorvsTube Archivist

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

rpi-mqtt-monitorTube Archivist
Score51/10072/100
Rank in category#58 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars3288 552
Stars, last 30 days+0+83
Stable releases, 12 months86
Latest release1.4.3 · 18 Jun 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 51/100 for rpi-mqtt-monitor, so it is the safer default.

rpi-mqtt-monitor ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

If you want the quickest setup, rpi-mqtt-monitor 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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