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netboxvsTwake Chat

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

netboxTwake Chat
Score79/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 34 in Network Management#64 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars21 784172
Stars, last 30 days+187+0
Stable releases, 12 months2010
Latest releasev4.7.4 · 27 Oct 2026v2.26.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonDart

Which one should you pick?

netbox scores 79/100 against 46/100 for Twake Chat, so it is the safer default.

netbox ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for Twake Chat.

If you want the quickest setup, Twake Chat is easier to run; netbox needs more configuration.

netbox is growing faster right now (+187 stars in 30 days).

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