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LibreOffice (LinuxServer.io)vsStirling-PDF

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

LibreOffice (LinuxServer.io)Stirling-PDF
Score53/10087/100
Rank in category#27 of 46 in Document Management#1 of 46 in Document Management
GitHub stars14995 252
Stars, last 30 days—+2 339
Stable releases, 12 months2125
Latest release25.8.7.3-r0-ls8 · 27 Oct 2026v3.2.2 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languageDockerfileTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Stirling-PDF scores 87/100 against 53/100 for LibreOffice (LinuxServer.io), so it is the safer default.

Stirling-PDF ships more often: 25 stable releases in the past year, against 21 for LibreOffice (LinuxServer.io).

Stirling-PDF is growing faster right now (+2 339 stars in 30 days).

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