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nginx-uivsTwake Chat

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

nginx-uiTwake Chat
Score74/10046/100
Rank in category#3 of 12 in Web Servers#64 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars11 681172
Stars, last 30 days+144—
Stable releases, 12 months3710
Latest releasev2.9.1 · 22 Oct 2026v2.26.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoDart

Which one should you pick?

nginx-ui scores 74/100 against 46/100 for Twake Chat, so it is the safer default.

nginx-ui ships more often: 37 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for Twake Chat.

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

nginx-ui is growing faster right now (+144 stars in 30 days).

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