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Audiobookshelfvssocial_recipes

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

Audiobookshelfsocial_recipes
Score79/10043/100
Rank in category#1 of 15 in Audiobook Management#16 of 18 in Recipe Management
GitHub stars14 83952
Stars, last 30 days+402+0
Stable releases, 12 months1415
Latest releasev2.37.2 · 23 Oct 2026v1.9.10 · 18 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Audiobookshelf scores 79/100 against 43/100 for social_recipes, so it is the safer default.

social_recipes ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 14 for Audiobookshelf.

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

Audiobookshelf is growing faster right now (+402 stars in 30 days).

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