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grimmoryvsWebCodex

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

grimmoryWebCodex
Score69/10055/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Book Management#60 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars4 6242 447
Stars, last 30 days+205—
Stable releases, 12 months197
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 21 Sept 2026v0.4.6 · 4 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageJavaRust

Which one should you pick?

grimmory scores 69/100 against 55/100 for WebCodex, so it is the safer default.

grimmory ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for WebCodex.

grimmory is growing faster right now (+205 stars in 30 days).

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