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OpenReadervsOpenship

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

OpenReaderOpenship
Score59/10067/100
Rank in category#4 of 15 in Audiobook Management#1 of 10 in PaaS
GitHub stars55014 978
Stars, last 30 days+34+108
Stable releases, 12 months1911
Latest releasev5.4.0 · 28 Oct 2026v0.9.5 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Openship scores 67/100 against 59/100 for OpenReader, so it is the safer default.

OpenReader ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for Openship.

Openship is growing faster right now (+108 stars in 30 days).

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