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JauthvsOpenReader

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

JauthOpenReader
Score44/10059/100
Rank in category#20 of 24 in Reverse Proxy#4 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars189550
Stars, last 30 days+0+34
Stable releases, 12 months019
Latest release—v5.4.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

OpenReader scores 59/100 against 44/100 for Jauth, so it is the safer default.

OpenReader ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Jauth.

OpenReader is growing faster right now (+34 stars in 30 days).

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