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Docmost vs Stirling-PDF

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

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Candidate A

Docmost

docmost/docmost
★ 0

Open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software with rich text editing and file attachments.

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

Specification Docmost Stirling-PDF Advantage
Primary Category productivity productivity —
Minimum RAM Required 1 GB 1.5 GB Docmost (0.5 GB lighter)
GitHub Stars ★ 0 ★ 48,200 Stirling-PDF (+48,200 stars)
GitHub Forks 0 3,900 Stirling-PDF
License FOSS GPL-3.0 Open-Source
Primary Language N/A Java —
Docker Image docmost/docmost:latest frooodle/s-pdf:latest Both Container Ready
Multi-App Server Sizing

Can You Run Both Docmost & Stirling-PDF Together?

Yes! Running both simultaneously requires approximately 4 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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