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OpenWAvsTwake Chat

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

OpenWATwake Chat
Score77/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 19 in API Management#64 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars16 351172
Stars, last 30 days+345—
Stable releases, 12 months310
Latest releasev0.26.0 · 28 Oct 2026v2.26.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptDart

Which one should you pick?

OpenWA scores 77/100 against 46/100 for Twake Chat, so it is the safer default.

Twake Chat ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for OpenWA.

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

OpenWA is growing faster right now (+345 stars in 30 days).

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