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openHABvsStirling-PDF

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

openHABStirling-PDF
Score66/10087/100
Rank in category#11 of 104 in Home Automation#1 of 46 in Document Management
GitHub stars1 16095 319
Stars, last 30 days+18+2 357
Stable releases, 12 months025
Latest release—v3.2.2 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseEPL-2.0Other
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Stirling-PDF scores 87/100 against 66/100 for openHAB, so it is the safer default.

Stirling-PDF ships more often: 25 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for openHAB.

Stirling-PDF is growing faster right now (+2 357 stars in 30 days).

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