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AudiobookshelfvsTracardi

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

AudiobookshelfTracardi
Score79/10054/100
Rank in category#1 of 15 in Audiobook Management#3 of 3 in Customer Data Platform
GitHub stars14 839658
Stars, last 30 days+402+2
Stable releases, 12 months141
Latest releasev2.37.2 · 23 Oct 20261.1.25 · 10 Mar 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languageJavaScriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Audiobookshelf scores 79/100 against 54/100 for Tracardi, so it is the safer default.

Audiobookshelf ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for Tracardi.

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

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

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