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simonvsTube Archivist

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

simonTube Archivist
Score46/10072/100
Rank in category#74 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars1618 552
Stars, last 30 days+0+83
Stable releases, 12 months96
Latest release0.3.7 · 18 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageRustPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 46/100 for simon, so it is the safer default.

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

If you want the quickest setup, simon 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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