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InventairevsRetrom

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

InventaireRetrom
Score60/10058/100
Rank in category#2 of 4 in Library Management#3 of 5 in Emulation
GitHub stars—2 100
Stars, last 30 days—+28
Stable releases, 12 months010
Latest release—v0.8.4 · 14 Jun 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0-onlyGPL-3.0
Main language—Typescript

Which one should you pick?

Inventaire scores 60/100 against 58/100 for Retrom, so it is the safer default.

Retrom ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Inventaire.

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

Retrom is growing faster right now (+28 stars in 30 days).

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