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OmniToolsvsopenpencil

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

OmniToolsopenpencil
Score72/10073/100
Rank in category#13 of 166 in Developer Tools#2 of 7 in Design
GitHub stars10 5159 422
Stars, last 30 days+268+821
Stable releases, 12 months114
Latest releasev0.7.0 · 20 Oct 2026v0.16.0 · 14 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

openpencil scores 73/100 against 72/100 for OmniTools, so it is the safer default.

openpencil ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for OmniTools.

openpencil is growing faster right now (+821 stars in 30 days).

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