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Frappe HelpdeskvsPostgREST

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

Frappe HelpdeskPostgREST
Score68/10079/100
Rank in category#3 of 14 in Customer Support#2 of 13 in API
GitHub stars3 45127 734
Stars, last 30 days+60+57
Stable releases, 12 months2220
Latest releasev1.31.0 · 14 Oct 2026v16.5 · 18 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageVueHaskell

Which one should you pick?

PostgREST scores 79/100 against 68/100 for Frappe Helpdesk, so it is the safer default.

Frappe Helpdesk ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 20 for PostgREST.

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

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