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bookorbitvsstorj

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

bookorbitstorj
Score74/10061/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#4 of 7 in Distributed Storage
GitHub stars5 9013 284
Stars, last 30 days+1 223+2
Stable releases, 12 months2339
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v1.165.6 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 61/100 for storj, so it is the safer default.

storj ships more often: 39 stable releases in the past year, against 23 for bookorbit.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 223 stars in 30 days).

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