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crowdsecvsStirling-PDF

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

crowdsecStirling-PDF
Score76/10087/100
Rank in category#10 of 78 in Security#1 of 46 in Document Management
GitHub stars15 36095 260
Stars, last 30 days+413+2 347
Stable releases, 12 months825
Latest releasev1.8.2 · 26 Oct 2026v3.2.2 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Stirling-PDF scores 87/100 against 76/100 for crowdsec, so it is the safer default.

Stirling-PDF ships more often: 25 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for crowdsec.

Stirling-PDF is growing faster right now (+2 347 stars in 30 days).

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