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paperclipvsTorollo

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

paperclipTorollo
Score88/10047/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#15 of 30 in Education
GitHub stars108 301449
Stars, last 30 days+26 937—
Stable releases, 12 months1010
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026v1.2.5 · 10 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 47/100 for Torollo, so it is the safer default.

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

paperclip is growing faster right now (+26 937 stars in 30 days).

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