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paperclipvsSosse

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

paperclipSosse
Score88/10052/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#25 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars108 322408
Stars, last 30 days+26 958—
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 52/100 for Sosse, so it is the safer default.

paperclip ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Sosse.

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

paperclip is growing faster right now (+26 958 stars in 30 days).

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