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PDFMathTranslatevsUrbit

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

PDFMathTranslateUrbit
Score80/10063/100
Rank in category#1 of 9 in Translation#3 of 8 in Operating System
GitHub stars38 0083 622
Stars, last 30 days+296+5
Stable releases, 12 months06
Latest release—408k-2 · 4 Aug 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonhoon

Which one should you pick?

PDFMathTranslate scores 80/100 against 63/100 for Urbit, so it is the safer default.

Urbit ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for PDFMathTranslate.

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

PDFMathTranslate is growing faster right now (+296 stars in 30 days).

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