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bookorbitvsPortainer

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

bookorbitPortainer
Score73/10077/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#1 of 44 in Container Management
GitHub stars5 88238 737
Stars, last 30 days+1 252+188
Stable releases, 12 months2321
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 20262.45.3 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Zlib
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Portainer scores 77/100 against 73/100 for bookorbit, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 21 for Portainer.

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 252 stars in 30 days).

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