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bookorbitvsMeshCentral

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

bookorbitMeshCentral
Score73/10074/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#2 of 23 in Remote Access
GitHub stars5 8767 529
Stars, last 30 days+1 246+251
Stable releases, 12 months2316
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 20261.3.1 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

MeshCentral scores 74/100 against 73/100 for bookorbit, so it is the safer default.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 246 stars in 30 days).

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