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dagstervsOpenReader

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

dagsterOpenReader
Score77/10059/100
Rank in category#2 of 7 in Data Pipelines#4 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars16 349550
Stars, last 30 days+150+34
Stable releases, 12 months2819
Latest release1.13.27 · 26 Oct 2026v5.4.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

dagster scores 77/100 against 59/100 for OpenReader, so it is the safer default.

dagster ships more often: 28 stable releases in the past year, against 19 for OpenReader.

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

dagster is growing faster right now (+150 stars in 30 days).

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