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Mailcowvstimesheet

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

Mailcowtimesheet
Score77/10038/100
Rank in category#2 of 106 in Email#10 of 11 in Time Tracking
GitHub stars13 714171
Stars, last 30 days+204+0
Stable releases, 12 months160
Latest release2026-10 · 21 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languageJavaScriptVue

Which one should you pick?

Mailcow scores 77/100 against 38/100 for timesheet, so it is the safer default.

Mailcow ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for timesheet.

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

Mailcow is growing faster right now (+204 stars in 30 days).

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