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MDD Sim GatewayvsPaddleOCR

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

MDD Sim GatewayPaddleOCR
Score53/10085/100
Rank in category#11 of 16 in VoIP#1 of 4 in OCR
GitHub stars67791 931
Stars, last 30 days+0+490
Stable releases, 12 months107
Latest releasev1.14.0 · 14 Oct 2026v3.7.0 · 11 Jun 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

PaddleOCR scores 85/100 against 53/100 for MDD Sim Gateway, so it is the safer default.

MDD Sim Gateway ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for PaddleOCR.

If you want the quickest setup, PaddleOCR is easier to run; MDD Sim Gateway needs more configuration.

PaddleOCR is growing faster right now (+490 stars in 30 days).

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