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bookorbitvsReadMeABook

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

bookorbitReadMeABook
Score73/10064/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#3 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars5 8681 033
Stars, last 30 days+1 238+65
Stable releases, 12 months2321
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v1.2.12 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 64/100 for ReadMeABook, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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