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OmniParsevsOpenReader

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

OmniParseOpenReader
Score34/10059/100
Rank in category#39 of 46 in Document Management#4 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars7 931550
Stars, last 30 days+-1+34
Stable releases, 12 months019
Latest release—v5.4.0 · 28 Oct 2026
Setup—Moderate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

OpenReader scores 59/100 against 34/100 for OmniParse, so it is the safer default.

OpenReader ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for OmniParse.

OpenReader is growing faster right now (+34 stars in 30 days).

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