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bookorbitvspicpeak

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

bookorbitpicpeak
Score73/10053/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#6 of 19 in Photo Galleries
GitHub stars5 889348
Stars, last 30 days+1 259—
Stable releases, 12 months231
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v3.135.5 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 53/100 for picpeak, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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