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bookorbitvsretroassembly

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

bookorbitretroassembly
Score74/10056/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#5 of 5 in Emulation
GitHub stars5 9011 153
Stars, last 30 days+1 223+72
Stable releases, 12 months233
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v7.260719.1051 · 19 Jul 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 56/100 for retroassembly, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for retroassembly.

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 223 stars in 30 days).

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