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MyDuck ServervsPaddleOCR

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

MyDuck ServerPaddleOCR
Score49/10085/100
Rank in category#30 of 38 in Databases#1 of 4 in OCR
GitHub stars59491 952
Stars, last 30 days+0+511
Stable releases, 12 months07
Latest release—v3.7.0 · 11 Jun 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

PaddleOCR scores 85/100 against 49/100 for MyDuck Server, so it is the safer default.

PaddleOCR ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for MyDuck Server.

PaddleOCR is growing faster right now (+511 stars in 30 days).

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