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bookorbitvsXibo

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

bookorbitXibo
Score74/10057/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#3 of 7 in Digital Signage
GitHub stars5 901741
Stars, last 30 days+1 223+6
Stable releases, 12 months230
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescript—

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 57/100 for Xibo, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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