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openHABvsPaperless-ngx

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

openHABPaperless-ngx
Score66/10086/100
Rank in category#11 of 104 in Home Automation#3 of 46 in Document Management
GitHub stars1 16047 242
Stars, last 30 days+18+1 251
Stable releases, 12 months026
Latest release—v3.3.4 · 22 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseEPL-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

Paperless-ngx scores 86/100 against 66/100 for openHAB, so it is the safer default.

Paperless-ngx ships more often: 26 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for openHAB.

Paperless-ngx is growing faster right now (+1 251 stars in 30 days).

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