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PaddleOCRvsSignal TLS Proxy

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

PaddleOCRSignal TLS Proxy
Score85/10049/100
Rank in category#1 of 4 in OCR#16 of 25 in Proxy
GitHub stars91 8691 284
Stars, last 30 days+428—
Stable releases, 12 months80
Latest releasev3.7.0 · 11 Jun 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languagePythonShell

Which one should you pick?

PaddleOCR scores 85/100 against 49/100 for Signal TLS Proxy, so it is the safer default.

PaddleOCR ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Signal TLS Proxy.

If you want the quickest setup, Signal TLS Proxy is easier to run; PaddleOCR needs more configuration.

PaddleOCR is growing faster right now (+428 stars in 30 days).

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