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socktopvsTube Archivist

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

socktopTube Archivist
Score48/10072/100
Rank in category#28 of 51 in Monitoring & observability#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars1938 552
Stars, last 30 days+1+83
Stable releases, 12 months66
Latest releasev1.60.2 · 24 Aug 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageRustPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 48/100 for socktop, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, socktop 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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