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drawdbvsOTOBO

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

drawdbOTOBO
Score80/10054/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Diagramming#5 of 9 in Helpdesk
GitHub stars40 180340
Stars, last 30 days+482+2
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—rel-11_0_15 · 4 Feb 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptPerl

Which one should you pick?

drawdb scores 80/100 against 54/100 for OTOBO, so it is the safer default.

OTOBO ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for drawdb.

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

drawdb is growing faster right now (+482 stars in 30 days).

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