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BentoPDFvspi-dispatch

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

BentoPDFpi-dispatch
Score77/10050/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Document Processing#50 of 125 in AI
GitHub stars16 184188
Stars, last 30 days+473+0
Stable releases, 12 months1510
Latest releasev2.8.10 · 19 Oct 2026v4.3.1 · 14 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

BentoPDF scores 77/100 against 50/100 for pi-dispatch, so it is the safer default.

BentoPDF ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for pi-dispatch.

If you want the quickest setup, BentoPDF is easier to run; pi-dispatch needs more configuration.

BentoPDF is growing faster right now (+473 stars in 30 days).

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