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paperclipvsvito

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

paperclipvito
Score88/10064/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#4 of 27 in Server Management
GitHub stars108 3523 258
Stars, last 30 days+25 528+20
Stable releases, 12 months109
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 20264.2.1 · 22 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 64/100 for vito, so it is the safer default.

paperclip ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for vito.

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

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

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