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grimmoryvsMy Idlers

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

grimmoryMy Idlers
Score69/10052/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Book Management#12 of 27 in Server Management
GitHub stars4 626400
Stars, last 30 days+201+0
Stable releases, 12 months191
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 21 Sept 20264.0 · 2 Feb 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaPHP

Which one should you pick?

grimmory scores 69/100 against 52/100 for My Idlers, so it is the safer default.

grimmory ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for My Idlers.

grimmory is growing faster right now (+201 stars in 30 days).

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