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tsailunvsTube Archivist

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

tsailunTube Archivist
Score35/10072/100
Rank in category#30 of 31 in Wikis#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars1418 553
Stars, last 30 days+0+84
Stable releases, 12 months06
Latest release—v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageCPython

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 35/100 for tsailun, so it is the safer default.

Tube Archivist ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for tsailun.

If you want the quickest setup, tsailun 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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