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Openshipvspaperclip

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

Openshippaperclip
Score67/10088/100
Rank in category#1 of 10 in PaaS#4 of 124 in AI
GitHub stars14 978108 443
Stars, last 30 days+108+25 619
Stable releases, 12 months1110
Latest releasev0.9.5 · 24 Oct 2026v2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 67/100 for Openship, so it is the safer default.

Openship ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for paperclip.

paperclip is growing faster right now (+25 619 stars in 30 days).

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