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paperclipvsSemaphore UI

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

paperclipSemaphore UI
Score88/10073/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#12 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars108 23714 334
Stars, last 30 days+26 873+151
Stable releases, 12 months1020
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026v2.18.31 · 7 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 73/100 for Semaphore UI, so it is the safer default.

Semaphore UI ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for paperclip.

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

paperclip is growing faster right now (+26 873 stars in 30 days).

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