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Paperless-ngxvsRallly

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

Paperless-ngxRallly
Score86/10069/100
Rank in category#3 of 46 in Document Management#1 of 8 in Scheduling & Booking
GitHub stars47 2375 330
Stars, last 30 days+1 281+61
Stable releases, 12 months2629
Latest releasev3.3.4 · 22 Oct 2026v4.16.3 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Paperless-ngx scores 86/100 against 69/100 for Rallly, so it is the safer default.

Rallly ships more often: 29 stable releases in the past year, against 26 for Paperless-ngx.

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

Paperless-ngx is growing faster right now (+1 281 stars in 30 days).

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