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bookorbitvssink

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

bookorbitsink
Score74/10068/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#5 of 23 in URL Shortener
GitHub stars5 8997 242
Stars, last 30 days+1 221+83
Stable releases, 12 months2313
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v0.3.1 · 27 Sept 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 68/100 for sink, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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