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bookwyrmvshoundarr

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

bookwyrmhoundarr
Score58/10053/100
Rank in category#26 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums#54 of 142 in Media Management
GitHub stars2 806304
Stars, last 30 days+21—
Stable releases, 12 months1114
Latest releasev0.9.3 · 9 Sept 2026v1.13.3 · 19 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

bookwyrm scores 58/100 against 53/100 for houndarr, so it is the safer default.

houndarr ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for bookwyrm.

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

bookwyrm is growing faster right now (+21 stars in 30 days).

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