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Tube ArchivistvsWhiteboard

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

Tube ArchivistWhiteboard
Score72/10056/100
Rank in category#7 of 118 in Media Server#5 of 10 in Code Review
GitHub stars8 5533 381
Stars, last 30 days+84+4
Stable releases, 12 months63
Latest releasev0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026diffr/0.1.22 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Tube Archivist scores 72/100 against 56/100 for Whiteboard, so it is the safer default.

Tube Archivist ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for Whiteboard.

If you want the quickest setup, Whiteboard 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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