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OpenELIS Globalvspaperclip

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

OpenELIS Globalpaperclip
Score54/10088/100
Rank in category#3 of 5 in Healthcare#4 of 124 in AI
GitHub stars278108 406
Stars, last 30 days+0+25 582
Stable releases, 12 months810
Latest release3.3.0 · 20 Oct 2026v2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMPL-2.0MIT
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 54/100 for OpenELIS Global, so it is the safer default.

paperclip ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for OpenELIS Global.

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

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