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Paperless-ngxvsUVdesk Helpdesk

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

Paperless-ngxUVdesk Helpdesk
Score86/10069/100
Rank in category#3 of 46 in Document Management#2 of 14 in Customer Support
GitHub stars47 29319 638
Stars, last 30 days+1 302+26
Stable releases, 12 months260
Latest releasev3.3.4 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseGPL-3.0OSL-3.0
Main languagePythonCSS

Which one should you pick?

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

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

Paperless-ngx is growing faster right now (+1 302 stars in 30 days).

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