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bookorbitvsFlexTV

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

bookorbitFlexTV
Score73/10038/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#104 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars5 886210
Stars, last 30 days+1 256—
Stable releases, 12 months230
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 38/100 for FlexTV, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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