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bookorbitvsBroadcast Box

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

bookorbitBroadcast Box
Score73/10029/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#112 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars5 8862 330
Stars, last 30 days+1 256—
Stable releases, 12 months234
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v2.0.2 · 21 Feb 2026
SetupEasy—
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 29/100 for Broadcast Box, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for Broadcast Box.

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 256 stars in 30 days).

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