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CompreFacevsRustDesk Server

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

CompreFaceRustDesk Server
Score69/10074/100
Rank in category#19 of 124 in AI#4 of 22 in Remote Desktop
GitHub stars8 38710 630
Stars, last 30 days+55+174
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—1.1.16 · 20 Jul 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaRust

Which one should you pick?

RustDesk Server scores 74/100 against 69/100 for CompreFace, so it is the safer default.

RustDesk Server ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for CompreFace.

If you want the quickest setup, RustDesk Server is easier to run; CompreFace needs more configuration.

RustDesk Server is growing faster right now (+174 stars in 30 days).

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