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bookorbitvsTube Archivist

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

bookorbitTube Archivist
Score74/10072/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars5 9008 552
Stars, last 30 days+1 222+83
Stable releases, 12 months236
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 72/100 for Tube Archivist, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 222 stars in 30 days).

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