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open-computevsReadMeABook

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

open-computeReadMeABook
Score55/10064/100
Rank in category#3 of 7 in Serverless#3 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars2 3801 033
Stars, last 30 days—+65
Stable releases, 12 months921
Latest releasev0.3.0 · 10 Oct 2026v1.2.12 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageRustTypescript

Which one should you pick?

ReadMeABook scores 64/100 against 55/100 for open-compute, so it is the safer default.

ReadMeABook ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for open-compute.

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

ReadMeABook is growing faster right now (+65 stars in 30 days).

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