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paperclipvsSyncTube

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

paperclipSyncTube
Score88/10051/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#16 of 36 in Video Streaming
GitHub stars108 322395
Stars, last 30 days+26 958—
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptHaxe

Which one should you pick?

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

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

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

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