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openobservevsReadMeABook

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

openobserveReadMeABook
Score78/10064/100
Rank in category#9 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#3 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars22 5531 033
Stars, last 30 days+436+65
Stable releases, 12 months2221
Latest releasev1.1.2 · 20 Oct 2026v1.2.12 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

openobserve scores 78/100 against 64/100 for ReadMeABook, so it is the safer default.

openobserve ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 21 for ReadMeABook.

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

openobserve is growing faster right now (+436 stars in 30 days).

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