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Coolify vs Stirling-PDF

Technical hardware and popularity breakdown for self-hosting Coolify and Stirling-PDF on cloud VPS servers.

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Candidate A

Coolify

coollabsio/coolify
★ 39.5k

All-in-one open-source PaaS to host apps, databases, and Docker services on any VPS server.

Min RAM
2 GB
CPU Cores
2 vCPU
Disk Storage
30 GB
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Candidate B

Stirling-PDF

Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF
★ 48.2k

Robust, locally hosted web application to split, merge, convert, OCR, watermark, and sign PDF files without cloud uploads.

Min RAM
1.5 GB
Lower RAM
CPU Cores
1 vCPU
Disk Storage
15 GB
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Full Technical Benchmark Breakdown

Specification Coolify Stirling-PDF Advantage
Primary Category devops productivity —
Minimum RAM Required 2 GB 1.5 GB Stirling-PDF (0.5 GB lighter)
GitHub Stars ★ 39,500 ★ 48,200 Stirling-PDF (+8,700 stars)
GitHub Forks 2,400 3,900 Stirling-PDF
License Apache-2.0 GPL-3.0 Open-Source
Primary Language PHP Java —
Docker Image ghcr.io/coollabsio/coolify:latest frooodle/s-pdf:latest Both Container Ready
Multi-App Server Sizing

Can You Run Both Coolify & Stirling-PDF Together?

Yes! Running both simultaneously requires approximately 5 GB RAM including host OS and Docker daemon buffers. A single standard $6-$10/mo cloud VPS easily hosts both without bottlenecks.

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