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bookorbitvssearcharr

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

bookorbitsearcharr
Score74/10049/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#51 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars5 904304
Stars, last 30 days+1 226+0
Stable releases, 12 months231
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v3.4.0 · 8 Apr 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 49/100 for searcharr, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for searcharr.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 226 stars in 30 days).

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