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HarborvsReadMeABook

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

HarborReadMeABook
Score80/10064/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Container Registry#3 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars29 6331 033
Stars, last 30 days+189+65
Stable releases, 12 months1021
Latest releasev2.14.6 · 23 Oct 2026v1.2.12 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Harbor scores 80/100 against 64/100 for ReadMeABook, so it is the safer default.

ReadMeABook ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for Harbor.

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

Harbor is growing faster right now (+189 stars in 30 days).

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