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BentoPDFvsSemaphore UI

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

BentoPDFSemaphore UI
Score77/10073/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Document Processing#12 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars16 18814 337
Stars, last 30 days+477+149
Stable releases, 12 months1520
Latest releasev2.8.10 · 19 Oct 2026v2.18.31 · 7 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptGo

Which one should you pick?

BentoPDF scores 77/100 against 73/100 for Semaphore UI, so it is the safer default.

Semaphore UI ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 15 for BentoPDF.

BentoPDF is growing faster right now (+477 stars in 30 days).

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