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AppFlowyvsRustDesk Server

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

AppFlowyRustDesk Server
Score82/10074/100
Rank in category#2 of 45 in Project Management#4 of 22 in Remote Desktop
GitHub stars77 93710 631
Stars, last 30 days+1 022+175
Stable releases, 12 months272
Latest release0.14.11 · 26 Oct 20261.1.16 · 20 Jul 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageDartRust

Which one should you pick?

AppFlowy scores 82/100 against 74/100 for RustDesk Server, so it is the safer default.

AppFlowy ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for RustDesk Server.

If you want the quickest setup, RustDesk Server is easier to run; AppFlowy needs more configuration.

AppFlowy is growing faster right now (+1 022 stars in 30 days).

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