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bookorbitvsopenHop Repeater

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

bookorbitopenHop Repeater
Score73/10051/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#2 of 10 in Network
GitHub stars5 877298
Stars, last 30 days+1 247—
Stable releases, 12 months231
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 20261.1.4 · 8 Sept 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 51/100 for openHop Repeater, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for openHop Repeater.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 247 stars in 30 days).

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