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paperclipvstobab

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

papercliptobab
Score88/10037/100
Rank in category#4 of 124 in AI#34 of 40 in Authentication
GitHub stars108 406155
Stars, last 30 days+25 582+0
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 37/100 for tobab, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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