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Paperless-ngxvsPlex-Auto-Languages

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

Paperless-ngxPlex-Auto-Languages
Score86/10049/100
Rank in category#3 of 46 in Document Management#64 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars47 284271
Stars, last 30 days+1 293+0
Stable releases, 12 months2612
Latest releasev3.3.4 · 22 Oct 20261.6.1 · 5 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

Paperless-ngx scores 86/100 against 49/100 for Plex-Auto-Languages, so it is the safer default.

Paperless-ngx ships more often: 26 stable releases in the past year, against 12 for Plex-Auto-Languages.

If you want the quickest setup, Plex-Auto-Languages is easier to run; Paperless-ngx needs more configuration.

Paperless-ngx is growing faster right now (+1 293 stars in 30 days).

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