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Stirling-PDFvsupstat

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Stirling-PDFupstat
Score87/10043/100
Rank in category#1 of 46 in Document Management#11 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring
GitHub stars95 336200
Stars, last 30 days+2 374+0
Stable releases, 12 months250
Latest releasev3.2.2 · 24 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Stirling-PDF scores 87/100 against 43/100 for upstat, so it is the safer default.

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

Stirling-PDF is growing faster right now (+2 374 stars in 30 days).

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