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jangoutsvsOpenWA

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

jangoutsOpenWA
Score42/10077/100
Rank in category#22 of 25 in Video Conferencing#2 of 19 in API Management
GitHub stars44716 374
Stars, last 30 days+0+368
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—v0.26.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageJavaScriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

OpenWA scores 77/100 against 42/100 for jangouts, so it is the safer default.

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

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

OpenWA is growing faster right now (+368 stars in 30 days).

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