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bookorbitvsXibo CMS

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

bookorbitXibo CMS
Score74/10059/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#2 of 7 in Digital Signage
GitHub stars5 899517
Stars, last 30 days+1 221+0
Stable releases, 12 months237
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 20264.5.5 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 59/100 for Xibo CMS, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for Xibo CMS.

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

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 221 stars in 30 days).

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