selfhost.directory

The index of self-hostable projects — ranked, categorized and served with live updates.
Own your data and stop giving it to big tech.

binderyvsnginx-ldap-auth

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

binderynginx-ldap-auth
Score57/10043/100
Rank in category#3 of 19 in Ebook Management#31 of 40 in Authentication
GitHub stars543709
Stars, last 30 days+3+0
Stable releases, 12 months270
Latest releasev1.46.1 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITBSD-2-Clause
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

bindery scores 57/100 against 43/100 for nginx-ldap-auth, so it is the safer default.

bindery ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for nginx-ldap-auth.

If you want the quickest setup, bindery is easier to run; nginx-ldap-auth needs more configuration.

bindery is growing faster right now (+3 stars in 30 days).

Swap a project

Keep nginx-ldap-auth, compare it with