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

harnesskoodo-reader
Score80/10078/100
Rank in category#3 of 28 in CI/CD#1 of 7 in E-book Management
GitHub stars38 74628 657
Stars, last 30 days+319+375
Stable releases, 12 months619
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026v2.4.6 · 7 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

harness scores 80/100 against 78/100 for koodo-reader, so it is the safer default.

koodo-reader ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for harness.

If you want the quickest setup, harness is easier to run; koodo-reader needs more configuration.

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