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BentoPDFvssocks5-proxy-server

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

BentoPDFsocks5-proxy-server
Score77/10043/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Document Processing#5 of 10 in Network
GitHub stars16 184145
Stars, last 30 days+473+0
Stable releases, 12 months151
Latest releasev2.8.10 · 19 Oct 2026v1.20.0 · 29 Nov 2025
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageJavaScriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

BentoPDF scores 77/100 against 43/100 for socks5-proxy-server, so it is the safer default.

BentoPDF ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for socks5-proxy-server.

If you want the quickest setup, BentoPDF is easier to run; socks5-proxy-server needs more configuration.

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

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