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AudiobookshelfvsMayan EDMS

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

AudiobookshelfMayan EDMS
Score79/10058/100
Rank in category#1 of 15 in Audiobook Management#18 of 46 in Document Management
GitHub stars14 829672
Stars, last 30 days+409+0
Stable releases, 12 months140
Latest releasev2.37.2 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0GPL-2.0-only
Main languageJavaScriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Audiobookshelf scores 79/100 against 58/100 for Mayan EDMS, so it is the safer default.

Audiobookshelf ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Mayan EDMS.

If you want the quickest setup, Audiobookshelf is easier to run; Mayan EDMS needs more configuration.

Audiobookshelf is growing faster right now (+409 stars in 30 days).

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