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Frappe LMSvsSimpleX Chat

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

Frappe LMSSimpleX Chat
Score65/10074/100
Rank in category#3 of 14 in Learning Management System#4 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars3 35019 612
Stars, last 30 days+97+142
Stable releases, 12 months3512
Latest releasev2.68.0 · 28 Oct 2026v7.0.4 · 3 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptHaskell

Which one should you pick?

SimpleX Chat scores 74/100 against 65/100 for Frappe LMS, so it is the safer default.

Frappe LMS ships more often: 35 stable releases in the past year, against 12 for SimpleX Chat.

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