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recipe-buddyvsStirling-PDF

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

recipe-buddyStirling-PDF
Score44/10087/100
Rank in category#15 of 18 in Recipe Management#1 of 46 in Document Management
GitHub stars27795 350
Stars, last 30 days+0+2 388
Stable releases, 12 months025
Latest release—v3.2.2 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

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

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

If you want the quickest setup, recipe-buddy is easier to run; Stirling-PDF needs more configuration.

Stirling-PDF is growing faster right now (+2 388 stars in 30 days).

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