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bookorbitvsnetbox

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

bookorbitnetbox
Score73/10079/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#2 of 34 in Network Management
GitHub stars5 88921 781
Stars, last 30 days+1 259+189
Stable releases, 12 months2320
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v4.7.4 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

netbox scores 79/100 against 73/100 for bookorbit, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 20 for netbox.

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

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

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