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NextChatvsWeTTY

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

NextChatWeTTY
Score81/10068/100
Rank in category#12 of 125 in AI#7 of 23 in Remote Access
GitHub stars88 9105 478
Stars, last 30 days+98+29
Stable releases, 12 months020
Latest release—v4.2.1 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

NextChat scores 81/100 against 68/100 for WeTTY, so it is the safer default.

WeTTY ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for NextChat.

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

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