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mbusdvsOpenReader

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

mbusdOpenReader
Score52/10059/100
Rank in category#3 of 4 in Industrial IoT#4 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars684550
Stars, last 30 days—+35
Stable releases, 12 months119
Latest releasev0.5.3 · 7 Apr 2026v5.4.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseMIT
Main languageCTypescript

Which one should you pick?

OpenReader scores 59/100 against 52/100 for mbusd, so it is the safer default.

OpenReader ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for mbusd.

OpenReader is growing faster right now (+35 stars in 30 days).

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