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bookorbitvsMatterbridge

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

bookorbitMatterbridge
Score74/10059/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#33 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars5 901997
Stars, last 30 days+1 223+0
Stable releases, 12 months2310
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 20263.11.0 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 59/100 for Matterbridge, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for Matterbridge.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 223 stars in 30 days).

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