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excalidrawvsZammad

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

excalidrawZammad
Score91/10070/100
Rank in category#1 of 9 in Whiteboarding#1 of 9 in Helpdesk
GitHub stars134 7686 052
Stars, last 30 days+1 935+100
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev0.18.1 · 21 Apr 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptRuby

Which one should you pick?

excalidraw scores 91/100 against 70/100 for Zammad, so it is the safer default.

excalidraw ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Zammad.

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

excalidraw is growing faster right now (+1 935 stars in 30 days).

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