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Paperless-ngxvsSlipshow

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

Paperless-ngxSlipshow
Score86/10052/100
Rank in category#3 of 46 in Document Management#11 of 38 in Personal Productivity
GitHub stars47 231901
Stars, last 30 days+1 275—
Stable releases, 12 months268
Latest releasev3.3.4 · 22 Oct 2026v0.13.0 · 5 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languagePythonOCaml

Which one should you pick?

Paperless-ngx scores 86/100 against 52/100 for Slipshow, so it is the safer default.

Paperless-ngx ships more often: 26 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for Slipshow.

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

Paperless-ngx is growing faster right now (+1 275 stars in 30 days).

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