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CaddyvsUVdesk Helpdesk

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

CaddyUVdesk Helpdesk
Score90/10069/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Web Servers#2 of 14 in Customer Support
GitHub stars78 52819 638
Stars, last 30 days+2 466+26
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasev2.11.7 · 3 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0OSL-3.0
Main languageGoCSS

Which one should you pick?

Caddy scores 90/100 against 69/100 for UVdesk Helpdesk, so it is the safer default.

Caddy ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for UVdesk Helpdesk.

If you want the quickest setup, Caddy is easier to run; UVdesk Helpdesk needs more configuration.

Caddy is growing faster right now (+2 466 stars in 30 days).

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