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LibrumvsSeaGOAT

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

LibrumSeaGOAT
Score60/10053/100
Rank in category#5 of 7 in E-book Management#4 of 6 in Code Management
GitHub stars5 3181 316
Stars, last 30 days+-2+6
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—v1.6.1 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageCPython

Which one should you pick?

Librum scores 60/100 against 53/100 for SeaGOAT, so it is the safer default.

SeaGOAT ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Librum.

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

SeaGOAT is growing faster right now (+6 stars in 30 days).

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