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bookorbitvsProxMenux

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

bookorbitProxMenux
Score73/10062/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#2 of 15 in Backup Management
GitHub stars5 8763 241
Stars, last 30 days+1 246—
Stable releases, 12 months235
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v1.2.7 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 62/100 for ProxMenux, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for ProxMenux.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 246 stars in 30 days).

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