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GiteavsUVdesk Helpdesk

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

GiteaUVdesk Helpdesk
Score89/10069/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Code Hosting#2 of 14 in Customer Support
GitHub stars58 76019 638
Stars, last 30 days+607+26
Stable releases, 12 months170
Latest releasev28.2.0 · 18 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITOSL-3.0
Main languageGoCSS

Which one should you pick?

Gitea scores 89/100 against 69/100 for UVdesk Helpdesk, so it is the safer default.

Gitea ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for UVdesk Helpdesk.

Gitea is growing faster right now (+607 stars in 30 days).

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