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bookorbitvsYT Zero

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

bookorbitYT Zero
Score73/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#53 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars5 882669
Stars, last 30 days+1 252—
Stable releases, 12 months239
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 20262026.09.9 · 28 Sept 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Unlicense
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 73/100 against 52/100 for YT Zero, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for YT Zero.

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 252 stars in 30 days).

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