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librarrvsLibrum

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

librarrLibrum
Score50/10060/100
Rank in category#8 of 12 in Book Management#5 of 7 in E-book Management
GitHub stars2955 318
Stars, last 30 days—+-1
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest releasev1.4.1 · 21 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageGoC

Which one should you pick?

Librum scores 60/100 against 50/100 for librarr, so it is the safer default.

librarr ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Librum.

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