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paperclipvsTG Vault

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

paperclipTG Vault
Score88/10048/100
Rank in category#4 of 124 in AI#21 of 34 in File Management
GitHub stars108 406276
Stars, last 30 days+25 582+1
Stable releases, 12 months1010
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026v2.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 48/100 for TG Vault, so it is the safer default.

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

paperclip is growing faster right now (+25 582 stars in 30 days).

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