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Stirling-PDFvsTinystatus

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

Stirling-PDFTinystatus
Score87/10045/100
Rank in category#1 of 46 in Document Management#37 of 51 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars95 289515
Stars, last 30 days+2 327+0
Stable releases, 12 months250
Latest releasev3.2.2 · 24 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageTypescriptShell

Which one should you pick?

Stirling-PDF scores 87/100 against 45/100 for Tinystatus, so it is the safer default.

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

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

Stirling-PDF is growing faster right now (+2 327 stars in 30 days).

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