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bookorbitvsShlink

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

bookorbitShlink
Score74/10070/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#3 of 23 in URL Shortener
GitHub stars5 8995 379
Stars, last 30 days+1 221+76
Stable releases, 12 months2313
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v5.1.8 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 70/100 for Shlink, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for Shlink.

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

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