grafanavsPaddleOCR
Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| grafana | PaddleOCR | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 90/100 | 85/100 |
| Rank in category | #1 of 104 in Monitoring & observability | #1 of 4 in OCR |
| GitHub stars | 77 583 | 91 912 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +690 | +471 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 53 | 8 |
| Latest release | v13.2.5 · 27 Oct 2026 | v3.7.0 · 11 Jun 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | Yes | No |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Typescript | Python |
Which one should you pick?
grafana scores 90/100 against 85/100 for PaddleOCR, so it is the safer default.
grafana ships more often: 53 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for PaddleOCR.
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