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collabora-onlinevsPaperless-ngx

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

collabora-onlinePaperless-ngx
Score62/10086/100
Rank in category#3 of 6 in Office Suites#3 of 46 in Document Management
GitHub stars3 38047 203
Stars, last 30 days+33+1 247
Stable releases, 12 months1626
Latest releasehelm-collabora-online-1.3.7 · 23 Oct 2026v3.3.4 · 22 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageShellPython

Which one should you pick?

Paperless-ngx scores 86/100 against 62/100 for collabora-online, so it is the safer default.

Paperless-ngx ships more often: 26 stable releases in the past year, against 16 for collabora-online.

If you want the quickest setup, Paperless-ngx is easier to run; collabora-online needs more configuration.

Paperless-ngx is growing faster right now (+1 247 stars in 30 days).

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