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PVE-UPSvsReadMeABook

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

PVE-UPSReadMeABook
Score51/10064/100
Rank in category#20 of 51 in Monitoring & observability#3 of 15 in Audiobook Management
GitHub stars3601 033
Stars, last 30 days+3+63
Stable releases, 12 months1021
Latest releasev4.3.0 · 10 Oct 2026v1.2.12 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

ReadMeABook scores 64/100 against 51/100 for PVE-UPS, so it is the safer default.

ReadMeABook ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for PVE-UPS.

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

ReadMeABook is growing faster right now (+63 stars in 30 days).

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