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OpenDesignvsOpenReader

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

OpenDesignOpenReader
Score83/10059/100
Rank in category#1 of 7 in Design#4 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars104 639550
Stars, last 30 days+1 808+35
Stable releases, 12 months1019
Latest releaseopen-design-v0.26.1 · 22 Oct 2026v5.4.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

OpenDesign scores 83/100 against 59/100 for OpenReader, so it is the safer default.

OpenReader ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for OpenDesign.

OpenDesign is growing faster right now (+1 808 stars in 30 days).

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