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paperclipvsvelld

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

paperclipvelld
Score88/10045/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#39 of 46 in Backup
GitHub stars108 352467
Stars, last 30 days+25 528+0
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 45/100 for velld, so it is the safer default.

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

paperclip is growing faster right now (+25 528 stars in 30 days).

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