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openstatusvspaperclip

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

openstatuspaperclip
Score69/10088/100
Rank in category#1 of 7 in Status Pages#4 of 125 in AI
GitHub stars9 241108 301
Stars, last 30 days+98+26 937
Stable releases, 12 months010
Latest release—v2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 69/100 for openstatus, so it is the safer default.

paperclip ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for openstatus.

If you want the quickest setup, paperclip is easier to run; openstatus needs more configuration.

paperclip is growing faster right now (+26 937 stars in 30 days).

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