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clickhousevsrustypaste

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

clickhouserustypaste
Score87/10056/100
Rank in category#2 of 40 in Database Management#32 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars50 6591 214
Stars, last 30 days+602+7
Stable releases, 12 months1803
Latest releasev26.10.2.103-stable · 24 Oct 2026v0.18.1 · 7 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageCRust

Which one should you pick?

clickhouse scores 87/100 against 56/100 for rustypaste, so it is the safer default.

clickhouse ships more often: 180 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for rustypaste.

If you want the quickest setup, rustypaste is easier to run; clickhouse needs more configuration.

clickhouse is growing faster right now (+602 stars in 30 days).

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