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CMS Made SimplevsUVdesk Helpdesk

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

CMS Made SimpleUVdesk Helpdesk
Score64/10069/100
Rank in category#12 of 42 in Content Management#2 of 14 in Customer Support
GitHub stars—19 638
Stars, last 30 days—+26
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-2.0OSL-3.0
Main language—CSS

Which one should you pick?

UVdesk Helpdesk scores 69/100 against 64/100 for CMS Made Simple, so it is the safer default.

UVdesk Helpdesk is growing faster right now (+26 stars in 30 days).

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