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bookorbitvsTeXbrain

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

bookorbitTeXbrain
Score73/10046/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#105 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars5 889200
Stars, last 30 days+1 259—
Stable releases, 12 months230
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 46/100 for TeXbrain, so it is the safer default.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 259 stars in 30 days).

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