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CasaOSvsRequest Tracker

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

CasaOSRequest Tracker
Score76/10065/100
Rank in category#1 of 22 in Home Server#3 of 9 in Helpdesk
GitHub stars37 3921 164
Stars, last 30 days+133+5
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—rt-5.0.10 · 1 Jun 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-2.0
Main languageGoPerl

Which one should you pick?

CasaOS scores 76/100 against 65/100 for Request Tracker, so it is the safer default.

Request Tracker ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for CasaOS.

If you want the quickest setup, CasaOS is easier to run; Request Tracker needs more configuration.

CasaOS is growing faster right now (+133 stars in 30 days).

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