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bookorbitvsShelfBridge

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

bookorbitShelfBridge
Score73/10047/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#9 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars5 876158
Stars, last 30 days+1 246—
Stable releases, 12 months2315
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v1.23.13 · 10 Aug 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 47/100 for ShelfBridge, so it is the safer default.

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

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 246 stars in 30 days).

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