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bookorbitvsopenpanel-co

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

bookorbitopenpanel-co
Score74/10055/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#6 of 10 in Control Panel
GitHub stars5 901766
Stars, last 30 days+1 223+17
Stable releases, 12 months2319
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 20262.0.19 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 55/100 for openpanel-co, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 19 for openpanel-co.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 223 stars in 30 days).

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