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bookorbitvsPairDrop

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

bookorbitPairDrop
Score73/10075/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#2 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars5 86811 711
Stars, last 30 days+1 238+252
Stable releases, 12 months230
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

PairDrop scores 75/100 against 73/100 for bookorbit, so it is the safer default.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 238 stars in 30 days).

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