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OpenDesignvspaperclip

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OpenDesignpaperclip
Score83/10088/100
Rank in category#1 of 7 in Design#4 of 124 in AI
GitHub stars104 814108 472
Stars, last 30 days+1 983+25 648
Stable releases, 12 months1010
Latest releaseopen-design-v0.26.1 · 22 Oct 2026v2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 83/100 for OpenDesign, so it is the safer default.

paperclip is growing faster right now (+25 648 stars in 30 days).

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