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Tube Archivistvsvelld

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

Tube Archivistvelld
Score72/10045/100
Rank in category#7 of 118 in Media Server#39 of 46 in Backup
GitHub stars8 552467
Stars, last 30 days+83+0
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasev0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

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

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

If you want the quickest setup, velld 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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