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paperclipvsviewscreen

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

paperclipviewscreen
Score88/10038/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#48 of 54 in Media Streaming
GitHub stars108 237231
Stars, last 30 days+26 873—
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 38/100 for viewscreen, so it is the safer default.

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

paperclip is growing faster right now (+26 873 stars in 30 days).

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