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elasticsearchvsUVdesk Helpdesk

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

elasticsearchUVdesk Helpdesk
Score84/10069/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#2 of 14 in Customer Support
GitHub stars78 42819 638
Stars, last 30 days+448+26
Stable releases, 12 months320
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherOSL-3.0
Main languageJavaCSS

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 84/100 against 69/100 for UVdesk Helpdesk, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for UVdesk Helpdesk.

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

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+448 stars in 30 days).

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