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bookorbitvsMend Renovate CLI

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

bookorbitMend Renovate CLI
Score73/10074/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#11 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars5 88222 945
Stars, last 30 days+1 252—
Stable releases, 12 months2315
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 202644.192.2 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Mend Renovate CLI scores 74/100 against 73/100 for bookorbit, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 15 for Mend Renovate CLI.

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

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

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