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bookorbitvsProwlarr

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

bookorbitProwlarr
Score74/10074/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#1 of 2 in Indexer
GitHub stars5 8997 463
Stars, last 30 days+1 221+203
Stable releases, 12 months2324
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v2.7.0.5723 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptC#

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit and Prowlarr score the same (74/100), so the choice comes down to the details below.

Prowlarr ships more often: 24 stable releases in the past year, against 23 for bookorbit.

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 221 stars in 30 days).

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