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livekitvsUVdesk Helpdesk

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

livekitUVdesk Helpdesk
Score80/10069/100
Rank in category#2 of 118 in Media Server#2 of 14 in Customer Support
GitHub stars21 91519 638
Stars, last 30 days+816+26
Stable releases, 12 months190
Latest releasev1.13.11 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseApache-2.0OSL-3.0
Main languageGoCSS

Which one should you pick?

livekit scores 80/100 against 69/100 for UVdesk Helpdesk, so it is the safer default.

livekit ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for UVdesk Helpdesk.

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

livekit is growing faster right now (+816 stars in 30 days).

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