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bookorbitvssandboxed.sh

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

bookorbitsandboxed.sh
Score74/10050/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#97 of 209 in AI Agents
GitHub stars5 899676
Stars, last 30 days+1 221+4
Stable releases, 12 months239
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026android-v1.21.1 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0—
Main languageTypescriptRust

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 50/100 for sandboxed.sh, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for sandboxed.sh.

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

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

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