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Apache CassandravsReadMeABook

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

Apache CassandraReadMeABook
Score74/10064/100
Rank in category#8 of 38 in Databases#3 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars10 1261 033
Stars, last 30 days+24+65
Stable releases, 12 months021
Latest release—v1.2.12 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Apache Cassandra scores 74/100 against 64/100 for ReadMeABook, so it is the safer default.

ReadMeABook ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Apache Cassandra.

ReadMeABook is growing faster right now (+65 stars in 30 days).

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