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CliparrvsDiscourse

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

CliparrDiscourse
Score51/10083/100
Rank in category#7 of 18 in Video Processing#1 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars21548 027
Stars, last 30 days+0+131
Stable releases, 12 months101
Latest releasev3.0.1 · 20 Oct 2026_gh-attach-assets · 15 Jul 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-2.0
Main languageTypescriptRuby

Which one should you pick?

Discourse scores 83/100 against 51/100 for Cliparr, so it is the safer default.

Cliparr ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for Discourse.

Discourse is growing faster right now (+131 stars in 30 days).

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