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Audiobookshelfvsrustypaste

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

Audiobookshelfrustypaste
Score79/10056/100
Rank in category#1 of 15 in Audiobook Management#32 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars14 8391 214
Stars, last 30 days+419+7
Stable releases, 12 months143
Latest releasev2.37.2 · 23 Oct 2026v0.18.1 · 7 Sept 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptRust

Which one should you pick?

Audiobookshelf scores 79/100 against 56/100 for rustypaste, so it is the safer default.

Audiobookshelf ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for rustypaste.

Audiobookshelf is growing faster right now (+419 stars in 30 days).

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