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bookorbitvsMoodle

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

bookorbitMoodle
Score74/10071/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#1 of 14 in Learning Management System
GitHub stars5 908—
Stars, last 30 days+1 230—
Stable releases, 12 months230
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescript—

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 71/100 for Moodle, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Moodle.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 230 stars in 30 days).

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