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lobsters-rails-projectvsRustDesk Server

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

lobsters-rails-projectRustDesk Server
Score66/10075/100
Rank in category#7 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums#4 of 22 in Remote Desktop
GitHub stars4 85310 628
Stars, last 30 days+12+179
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—1.1.16 · 20 Jul 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageRubyRust

Which one should you pick?

RustDesk Server scores 75/100 against 66/100 for lobsters-rails-project, so it is the safer default.

RustDesk Server ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for lobsters-rails-project.

If you want the quickest setup, RustDesk Server is easier to run; lobsters-rails-project needs more configuration.

RustDesk Server is growing faster right now (+179 stars in 30 days).

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