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bookorbitvsMyDuck Server

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

bookorbitMyDuck Server
Score74/10049/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#30 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars5 910594
Stars, last 30 days+1 232+0
Stable releases, 12 months230
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 49/100 for MyDuck Server, so it is the safer default.

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

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 232 stars in 30 days).

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