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paperclipvsUwazi

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

paperclipUwazi
Score88/10054/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#25 of 46 in Document Management
GitHub stars108 377328
Stars, last 30 days+25 553+0
Stable releases, 12 months1010
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 20261.229.280 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 54/100 for Uwazi, so it is the safer default.

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

paperclip is growing faster right now (+25 553 stars in 30 days).

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