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GotifyvsZammad

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

GotifyZammad
Score74/10070/100
Rank in category#3 of 19 in Notifications#1 of 9 in Helpdesk
GitHub stars16 1476 050
Stars, last 30 days+174+98
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasev3.1.1 · 15 Sept 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoRuby

Which one should you pick?

Gotify scores 74/100 against 70/100 for Zammad, so it is the safer default.

Gotify ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Zammad.

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

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