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paperclipvsStackRender

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

paperclipStackRender
Score88/10050/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#34 of 40 in Database Management
GitHub stars108 263555
Stars, last 30 days+26 899—
Stable releases, 12 months101
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026v1.4.0 · 10 Jun 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 50/100 for StackRender, so it is the safer default.

paperclip ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for StackRender.

paperclip is growing faster right now (+26 899 stars in 30 days).

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