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paperclipvssignserver-ce

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

paperclipsignserver-ce
Score88/10051/100
Rank in category#4 of 124 in AI#2 of 2 in PKI
GitHub stars108 501440
Stars, last 30 days+25 677+4
Stable releases, 12 months102
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026v7.7.1 · 26 Aug 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITLGPL-2.1
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 51/100 for signserver-ce, so it is the safer default.

paperclip ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for signserver-ce.

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

paperclip is growing faster right now (+25 677 stars in 30 days).

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