Choosing a media management tool depends on whether you need a general media system, a photo and video library, or a way to share galleries. This comparison uses the supplied August 2026 ToolVitals records, including each project’s ToolVitals, health, shipping, openness, and license data.
The ranking covers open/source-visible tools and orders them by ToolVitals score descending, using health and shipping to break equal composite scores. GitHub stars are included as context only and do not determine the ordering.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jellyfin | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-2.0 | 98 | 98 | 56342 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Immich | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 98 | 97 | 112955 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | PicPeak | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 97 | 280 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | PhotoPrism | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 95 | 97 | 40124 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | AudioMuse AI | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 95 | 96 | 2513 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Navidrome | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 96 | 94 | 23225 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Seerr | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 92 | 12422 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | SuggestArr | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 94 | 95 | 1295 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | Openinary | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 94 | 94 | 388 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | Owncast | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 93 | 90 | 11478 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | Komga | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 89 | 91 | 6611 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | Kavita | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 90 | 87 | 11586 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | Wanderbound | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 88 | 90 | 3 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | Audiobookshelf | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 89 | 81 | 14178 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | Cliply | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 85 | 88 | 239 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | MediaCMS | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 78 | 68 | 5088 | 74 | 🟢 Good |
| 17 | Swing Music | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 73 | 68 | 2048 | 71 | 🟢 Good |
| 18 | Run and Read Audiobook | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 68 | 54 | 60 | 63 | 🟢 Good |
| 19 | OpenCut | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 64 | 51 | 87810 | 59 | 🟡 Fair |
| 20 | Piwigo | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-2.0 | 64 | 42 | 3844 | 55 | 🟡 Fair |
| 21 | AI Video Transcriber | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 52 | 31 | 3237 | 44 | 🟡 Fair |
| 22 | Hovod | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 33 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 23 | Castopod | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 28 | 10 | 871 | 21 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 24 | Cobalt | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 12 | 0 | 42483 | 7 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 25 | Opsily | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Jellyfin ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 98, alongside health and shipping scores of 98. Its supplied description calls it “The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API,” making it the broadest general media-system entry among the top three. It is labeled “OSI-approved OSS” and “GPL-2.0.”
Immich shares a ToolVitals score of 98 with Jellyfin and ranks second with a health score of 98 and a shipping score of 97. Its supplied description focuses specifically on high-performance, self-hosted photo and video management. It is labeled “OSI-approved OSS” and “AGPL-3.0.”
PicPeak ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 96, a health score of 96, and a shipping score of 97. It targets photographers and events with self-hosted photo sharing, time-limited galleries, password protection, and custom branding. It is labeled “OSI-approved OSS” and “MIT.”
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