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ChronoFramevsUVdesk Helpdesk

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

ChronoFrameUVdesk Helpdesk
Score63/10069/100
Rank in category#8 of 41 in Photo Management#2 of 14 in Customer Support
GitHub stars1 96419 638
Stars, last 30 days+32+26
Stable releases, 12 months30
Latest releasev1.0.2 · 21 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0OSL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptCSS

Which one should you pick?

UVdesk Helpdesk scores 69/100 against 63/100 for ChronoFrame, so it is the safer default.

ChronoFrame ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for UVdesk Helpdesk.

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

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