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bookorbitvsLXD

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

bookorbitLXD
Score74/10070/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#3 of 15 in Virtualization
GitHub stars5 8994 844
Stars, last 30 days+1 221+13
Stable releases, 12 months2319
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026lxd-6.10.1 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 70/100 for LXD, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 19 for LXD.

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 221 stars in 30 days).

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