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magic-framevsPaperless-ngx

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

magic-framePaperless-ngx
Score52/10086/100
Rank in category#58 of 104 in Home Automation#3 of 46 in Document Management
GitHub stars51147 242
Stars, last 30 days+0+1 251
Stable releases, 12 months2126
Latest releasev1.5.10 · 27 Oct 2026v3.3.4 · 22 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Paperless-ngx scores 86/100 against 52/100 for magic-frame, so it is the safer default.

Paperless-ngx ships more often: 26 stable releases in the past year, against 21 for magic-frame.

Paperless-ngx is growing faster right now (+1 251 stars in 30 days).

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