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CasaOSvsWeechat

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

CasaOSWeechat
Score76/10070/100
Rank in category#1 of 22 in Home Server#8 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars37 3933 417
Stars, last 30 days+134+23
Stable releases, 12 months012
Latest release—v4.10.1 · 5 Sept 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageGoC

Which one should you pick?

CasaOS scores 76/100 against 70/100 for Weechat, so it is the safer default.

Weechat ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for CasaOS.

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

CasaOS is growing faster right now (+134 stars in 30 days).

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