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binderyvsvanilla-cookbook

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

binderyvanilla-cookbook
Score56/10046/100
Rank in category#3 of 19 in Ebook Management#13 of 18 in Recipe Management
GitHub stars543158
Stars, last 30 days+3+0
Stable releases, 12 months2713
Latest releasev1.46.1 · 28 Oct 2026v1.6.1 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageGoJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

bindery scores 56/100 against 46/100 for vanilla-cookbook, so it is the safer default.

bindery ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for vanilla-cookbook.

If you want the quickest setup, vanilla-cookbook is easier to run; bindery needs more configuration.

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

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