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paperclipvsSnitch

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

paperclipSnitch
Score88/10054/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#20 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars108 352645
Stars, last 30 days+25 528+1
Stable releases, 12 months1010
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026v1.6.4 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 54/100 for Snitch, so it is the safer default.

paperclip is growing faster right now (+25 528 stars in 30 days).

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