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

nostr-watchpaperclip
Score42/10088/100
Rank in category#84 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#4 of 124 in AI
GitHub stars199108 406
Stars, last 30 days+0+25 582
Stable releases, 12 months310
Latest releasenocap-info-adapter-default@v1.2.0 · 11 Mar 2026v2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 42/100 for nostr-watch, so it is the safer default.

paperclip ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for nostr-watch.

If you want the quickest setup, paperclip is easier to run; nostr-watch needs more configuration.

paperclip is growing faster right now (+25 582 stars in 30 days).

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