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paperclipvsXibo

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

paperclipXibo
Score88/10057/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#3 of 7 in Digital Signage
GitHub stars108 301741
Stars, last 30 days+26 937+6
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescript—

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 57/100 for Xibo, so it is the safer default.

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

paperclip is growing faster right now (+26 937 stars in 30 days).

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