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fosscordvsOpenWA

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

fosscordOpenWA
Score62/10077/100
Rank in category#17 of 110 in Chat#2 of 19 in API Management
GitHub stars6 72016 372
Stars, last 30 days+9+366
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—v0.26.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main language—Typescript

Which one should you pick?

OpenWA scores 77/100 against 62/100 for fosscord, so it is the safer default.

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

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

OpenWA is growing faster right now (+366 stars in 30 days).

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