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nginx-lovevsReadMeABook

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

nginx-loveReadMeABook
Score50/10064/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Web Application Firewall#3 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars3121 033
Stars, last 30 days+0+63
Stable releases, 12 months121
Latest releasev4.01 · 31 Oct 2025v1.2.12 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

ReadMeABook scores 64/100 against 50/100 for nginx-love, so it is the safer default.

ReadMeABook ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for nginx-love.

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

ReadMeABook is growing faster right now (+63 stars in 30 days).

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