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bookorbitvsfilestash

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

bookorbitfilestash
Score73/10070/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#3 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration
GitHub stars5 87214 835
Stars, last 30 days+1 242+124
Stable releases, 12 months230
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 70/100 for filestash, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for filestash.

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 242 stars in 30 days).

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