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OpenMESvspaperclip

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

OpenMESpaperclip
Score47/10088/100
Rank in category#4 of 4 in Industrial IoT#4 of 125 in AI
GitHub stars178108 237
Stars, last 30 days—+26 873
Stable releases, 12 months1010
Latest releasev0.27.0 · 14 Oct 2026v2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePHPTypescript

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 47/100 for OpenMES, so it is the safer default.

paperclip is growing faster right now (+26 873 stars in 30 days).

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