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element-webvsWeTTY

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

element-webWeTTY
Score75/10068/100
Rank in category#2 of 33 in Communication#7 of 23 in Remote Access
GitHub stars13 6215 478
Stars, last 30 days+117+29
Stable releases, 12 months1720
Latest releasev1.12.33 · 27 Oct 2026v4.2.1 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

element-web scores 75/100 against 68/100 for WeTTY, so it is the safer default.

WeTTY ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 17 for element-web.

If you want the quickest setup, WeTTY is easier to run; element-web needs more configuration.

element-web is growing faster right now (+117 stars in 30 days).

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