Best Self Hosted Alternatives to BookWyrm

Yamtrack is a self-hosted media tracking web app for managing movies, TV shows, anime, manga, video games, books, and comics. It helps you record progress, status, scores, dates, and notes, and keeps a detailed history of your activity.

Key Features

• Track multiple media types, including per-season and per-episode progress for TV shows
• Store status, score, progress, rewatches/rereads, start/end dates, and personal notes
• Activity history timeline for tracking actions and changes over time
• Create custom/manual media entries when items are not available via supported APIs
• Personal lists with optional collaboration by adding other members
• Calendar view with iCalendar subscription support for upcoming media
• Notifications for upcoming releases via Apprise (supports many providers)
• Multi-user accounts with personalized libraries
• Flexible authentication, including OIDC and many social providers via django-allauth
• Import from Trakt, Simkl, MyAnimeList, AniList, and Kitsu; export/import via CSV

Use Cases

• Keep a unified personal watch/read/play log across many media types
• Maintain shared lists with friends or family for recommendations and planning
• Receive release reminders and sync upcoming items to an external calendar

Limitations and Considerations

• Some features rely on third-party APIs (keys and availability may vary)
• Integrations for automatic watch tracking depend on supported Jellyfin/Plex/Emby setups

Yamtrack is well-suited for individuals or groups who want a single, privacy-friendly place to track and organize media. It offers straightforward Docker-based deployment and supports both lightweight and more scalable database options.

NeoDB is an open-source server and community platform for tracking, rating, and reviewing cultural media such as books, movies, TV shows, music, podcasts, games, and performances. It supports self-hosting and federation, enabling interaction across the Fediverse.

Key Features

• Shared media catalog with search and item creation, including links/imports from many third-party sources
• Personal collections with statuses (wishlist, in progress, complete, dropped), ratings, notes, and long-form reviews
• Tags (private or public), custom collections/lists, and progress tracking (for example reading challenges)
• Social feed of friends’ activities with per-activity visibility controls
• Microblogging features for posting statuses/photos and interacting with posts
• Federation via ActivityPub for following and interacting with users across NeoDB instances and other ActivityPub services
• Optional posting support to ATProto/Bluesky identities (NeoDB is not a PDS)
• APIs including a REST API with OpenAPI specification and a Mastodon-compatible API for client compatibility

Use Cases

• Replace proprietary trackers (for example for reading, watching, and listening) with a self-hosted, federated alternative
• Run a community instance for sharing reviews, lists, and recommendations across the Fediverse
• Build third-party apps or integrations using the REST and Mastodon-compatible APIs

NeoDB combines a media tracking database with social and federated communication, making it suitable for both personal collection management and community-driven discovery. It is designed to interoperate across instances while keeping users in control of their collections and sharing preferences.