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horillavspaperclip

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

horillapaperclip
Score60/10088/100
Rank in category#3 of 9 in Human Resource Management (HRM)#4 of 125 in AI
GitHub stars1 478108 352
Stars, last 30 days+45+25 528
Stable releases, 12 months1210
Latest release2.2.0 · 21 Oct 2026v2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseLGPL-2.1MIT
Main languageHTMLTypescript

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 60/100 for horilla, so it is the safer default.

horilla ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for paperclip.

paperclip is growing faster right now (+25 528 stars in 30 days).

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