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shmvsTube Archivist

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

shmTube Archivist
Score45/10072/100
Rank in category#77 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars1658 553
Stars, last 30 days+0+84
Stable releases, 12 months96
Latest releasev1.2.7 · 29 Jul 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 45/100 for shm, so it is the safer default.

shm ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

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

Tube Archivist is growing faster right now (+84 stars in 30 days).

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