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OpenReadervsPhotoShow

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

OpenReaderPhotoShow
Score59/10046/100
Rank in category#4 of 15 in Audiobook Management#14 of 19 in Photo Galleries
GitHub stars550506
Stars, last 30 days+34+0
Stable releases, 12 months190
Latest releasev5.4.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITGPL-3.0-or-later
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

OpenReader scores 59/100 against 46/100 for PhotoShow, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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