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NextChatvsUUSEC WAF

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

NextChatUUSEC WAF
Score81/10059/100
Rank in category#12 of 125 in AI#2 of 3 in Web Application Firewall
GitHub stars88 9111 718
Stars, last 30 days+105+6
Stable releases, 12 months09
Latest release—v7.2.6 · 12 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITBSD-2-Clause
Main languageTypescriptShell

Which one should you pick?

NextChat scores 81/100 against 59/100 for UUSEC WAF, so it is the safer default.

UUSEC WAF ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for NextChat.

If you want the quickest setup, NextChat is easier to run; UUSEC WAF needs more configuration.

NextChat is growing faster right now (+105 stars in 30 days).

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