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bookorbitvsnamer

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

bookorbitnamer
Score73/10049/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#19 of 34 in File Management
GitHub stars5 889332
Stars, last 30 days+1 259—
Stable releases, 12 months234
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v1.19.20 · 25 May 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 49/100 for namer, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for namer.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 259 stars in 30 days).

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