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Paperless-ngxvsVoicEra

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

Paperless-ngxVoicEra
Score86/10047/100
Rank in category#3 of 46 in Document Management#36 of 69 in AI Chat
GitHub stars47 284316
Stars, last 30 days+1 293+0
Stable releases, 12 months260
Latest releasev3.3.4 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

Paperless-ngx scores 86/100 against 47/100 for VoicEra, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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