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harnessvsLaraPaper

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

harnessLaraPaper
Score80/10051/100
Rank in category#3 of 28 in CI/CD#61 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars38 759443
Stars, last 30 days+325+0
Stable releases, 12 months610
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 20260.45.1 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoPHP

Which one should you pick?

harness scores 80/100 against 51/100 for LaraPaper, so it is the safer default.

LaraPaper ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for harness.

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

harness is growing faster right now (+325 stars in 30 days).

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