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NextChatvsZammad

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

NextChatZammad
Score81/10070/100
Rank in category#12 of 125 in AI#1 of 9 in Helpdesk
GitHub stars88 9116 046
Stars, last 30 days+105+99
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptRuby

Which one should you pick?

NextChat scores 81/100 against 70/100 for Zammad, so it is the safer default.

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

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