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bookorbitvsLidaTube

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

bookorbitLidaTube
Score73/10046/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#22 of 31 in Music
GitHub stars5 882367
Stars, last 30 days+1 252—
Stable releases, 12 months2316
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v0.2.58 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 46/100 for LidaTube, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 16 for LidaTube.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 252 stars in 30 days).

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