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tesseravsTube Archivist

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

tesseraTube Archivist
Score47/10072/100
Rank in category#98 of 166 in Developer Tools#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars3148 552
Stars, last 30 days+0+83
Stable releases, 12 months156
Latest releasev0.2.4 · 25 Sept 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 47/100 for tessera, so it is the safer default.

tessera ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

If you want the quickest setup, tessera 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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