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bookorbitvsyoutube-dl-nas

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

bookorbityoutube-dl-nas
Score73/10050/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#27 of 45 in Download Management
GitHub stars5 886201
Stars, last 30 days+1 256—
Stable releases, 12 months2310
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 202626.1026 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 50/100 for youtube-dl-nas, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for youtube-dl-nas.

If you want the quickest setup, bookorbit is easier to run; youtube-dl-nas needs more configuration.

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 256 stars in 30 days).

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