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setup-ipsec-vpnvsTube Archivist

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

setup-ipsec-vpnTube Archivist
Score78/10072/100
Rank in category#3 of 56 in VPN#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars28 8848 552
Stars, last 30 days+318+83
Stable releases, 12 months06
Latest release—v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageShellPython

Which one should you pick?

setup-ipsec-vpn scores 78/100 against 72/100 for Tube Archivist, so it is the safer default.

Tube Archivist ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for setup-ipsec-vpn.

If you want the quickest setup, setup-ipsec-vpn is easier to run; Tube Archivist needs more configuration.

setup-ipsec-vpn is growing faster right now (+318 stars in 30 days).

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