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ferdium-servervsOpenWA

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

ferdium-serverOpenWA
Score49/10077/100
Rank in category#29 of 33 in Communication#2 of 19 in API Management
GitHub stars30216 351
Stars, last 30 days—+345
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—v0.26.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

OpenWA scores 77/100 against 49/100 for ferdium-server, so it is the safer default.

OpenWA ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ferdium-server.

If you want the quickest setup, OpenWA is easier to run; ferdium-server needs more configuration.

OpenWA is growing faster right now (+345 stars in 30 days).

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