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Paperless-ngxvsRStudio Server

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

Paperless-ngxRStudio Server
Score86/10067/100
Rank in category#3 of 46 in Document Management#21 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars47 2755 102
Stars, last 30 days+1 284+26
Stable releases, 12 months260
Latest releasev3.3.4 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languagePythonJava

Which one should you pick?

Paperless-ngx scores 86/100 against 67/100 for RStudio Server, so it is the safer default.

Paperless-ngx ships more often: 26 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for RStudio Server.

Paperless-ngx is growing faster right now (+1 284 stars in 30 days).

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