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ReadMeABookvsrpi-mqtt-monitor

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

ReadMeABookrpi-mqtt-monitor
Score64/10051/100
Rank in category#3 of 15 in Audiobook Management#58 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars1 033328
Stars, last 30 days+63+0
Stable releases, 12 months218
Latest releasev1.2.12 · 27 Oct 20261.4.3 · 18 Jun 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

ReadMeABook scores 64/100 against 51/100 for rpi-mqtt-monitor, so it is the safer default.

ReadMeABook ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for rpi-mqtt-monitor.

If you want the quickest setup, rpi-mqtt-monitor is easier to run; ReadMeABook needs more configuration.

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

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