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netbirdvsUVdesk Helpdesk

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

netbirdUVdesk Helpdesk
Score81/10069/100
Rank in category#2 of 56 in VPN#2 of 14 in Customer Support
GitHub stars30 31819 638
Stars, last 30 days+815+26
Stable releases, 12 months410
Latest releasev0.82.0 · 29 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherOSL-3.0
Main languageGoCSS

Which one should you pick?

netbird scores 81/100 against 69/100 for UVdesk Helpdesk, so it is the safer default.

netbird ships more often: 41 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for UVdesk Helpdesk.

netbird is growing faster right now (+815 stars in 30 days).

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