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hankovsOpenReader

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

hankoOpenReader
Score68/10059/100
Rank in category#7 of 40 in Authentication#4 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars9 051550
Stars, last 30 days+15+35
Stable releases, 12 months218
Latest releasebackend/v3.1.0 · 1 Oct 2026v5.3.0 · 20 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

hanko scores 68/100 against 59/100 for OpenReader, so it is the safer default.

OpenReader ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for hanko.

OpenReader is growing faster right now (+35 stars in 30 days).

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