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OmniRoutevsRequest Tracker

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

OmniRouteRequest Tracker
Score88/10065/100
Rank in category#4 of 124 in AI#3 of 9 in Helpdesk
GitHub stars82 4101 164
Stars, last 30 days+3 394+5
Stable releases, 12 months102
Latest releaseradar-export-latest · 20 Oct 2026rt-5.0.10 · 1 Jun 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITGPL-2.0
Main languageTypescriptPerl

Which one should you pick?

OmniRoute scores 88/100 against 65/100 for Request Tracker, so it is the safer default.

OmniRoute ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for Request Tracker.

If you want the quickest setup, OmniRoute is easier to run; Request Tracker needs more configuration.

OmniRoute is growing faster right now (+3 394 stars in 30 days).

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