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OpenELIS GlobalvsUVdesk Helpdesk

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

OpenELIS GlobalUVdesk Helpdesk
Score54/10069/100
Rank in category#3 of 5 in Healthcare#2 of 14 in Customer Support
GitHub stars27819 638
Stars, last 30 days+0+26
Stable releases, 12 months80
Latest release3.3.0 · 20 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMPL-2.0OSL-3.0
Main languageJavaCSS

Which one should you pick?

UVdesk Helpdesk scores 69/100 against 54/100 for OpenELIS Global, so it is the safer default.

OpenELIS Global ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for UVdesk Helpdesk.

UVdesk Helpdesk is growing faster right now (+26 stars in 30 days).

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