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NextChatvsUVdesk Helpdesk

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

NextChatUVdesk Helpdesk
Score81/10069/100
Rank in category#12 of 124 in AI#2 of 14 in Customer Support
GitHub stars88 91019 638
Stars, last 30 days+98+26
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITOSL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptCSS

Which one should you pick?

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

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

NextChat is growing faster right now (+98 stars in 30 days).

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