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bookorbitvsWhisper-WebUI

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

bookorbitWhisper-WebUI
Score73/10062/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#3 of 6 in Transcription
GitHub stars5 8722 899
Stars, last 30 days+1 242+15
Stable releases, 12 months230
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 62/100 for Whisper-WebUI, so it is the safer default.

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

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 242 stars in 30 days).

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