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bookorbitvsSyncTube

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

bookorbitSyncTube
Score73/10051/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#16 of 36 in Video Streaming
GitHub stars5 882395
Stars, last 30 days+1 252—
Stable releases, 12 months230
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptHaxe

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 51/100 for SyncTube, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SyncTube.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 252 stars in 30 days).

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