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paperclipvsProxMenux

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

paperclipProxMenux
Score88/10062/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#2 of 15 in Backup Management
GitHub stars108 3013 243
Stars, last 30 days+26 937—
Stable releases, 12 months105
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026v1.2.7 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 62/100 for ProxMenux, so it is the safer default.

paperclip ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for ProxMenux.

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

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