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bookorbitvsmeshview

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

bookorbitmeshview
Score74/10048/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#29 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars5 904148
Stars, last 30 days+1 226+0
Stable releases, 12 months238
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 20263.0.9 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 48/100 for meshview, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for meshview.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 226 stars in 30 days).

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