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paperclipvsTrench

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

paperclipTrench
Score88/10052/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#9 of 27 in Analytics
GitHub stars108 3221 666
Stars, last 30 days+25 498+0
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 52/100 for Trench, so it is the safer default.

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

paperclip is growing faster right now (+25 498 stars in 30 days).

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