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paperclipprometheus-qbittorrent-exporter
Score88/10047/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#70 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars108 322197
Stars, last 30 days+25 498+0
Stable releases, 12 months103
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 20261.8.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 47/100 for prometheus-qbittorrent-exporter, so it is the safer default.

paperclip ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for prometheus-qbittorrent-exporter.

If you want the quickest setup, prometheus-qbittorrent-exporter is easier to run; paperclip needs more configuration.

paperclip is growing faster right now (+25 498 stars in 30 days).

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