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proxyscotchvsStirling-PDF

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

proxyscotchStirling-PDF
Score44/10087/100
Rank in category#10 of 13 in API#1 of 46 in Document Management
GitHub stars42895 260
Stars, last 30 days—+2 347
Stable releases, 12 months025
Latest release—v3.2.2 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Stirling-PDF scores 87/100 against 44/100 for proxyscotch, so it is the safer default.

Stirling-PDF ships more often: 25 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for proxyscotch.

Stirling-PDF is growing faster right now (+2 347 stars in 30 days).

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