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meshviewvsReadMeABook

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

meshviewReadMeABook
Score48/10064/100
Rank in category#29 of 48 in Network Monitoring#3 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars1481 034
Stars, last 30 days+0+64
Stable releases, 12 months821
Latest release3.0.9 · 23 Oct 2026v1.2.12 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

ReadMeABook scores 64/100 against 48/100 for meshview, so it is the safer default.

ReadMeABook ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for meshview.

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

ReadMeABook is growing faster right now (+64 stars in 30 days).

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