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openwhiskvsrustdesk

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

openwhiskrustdesk
Score67/10092/100
Rank in category#2 of 7 in Serverless#1 of 22 in Remote Desktop
GitHub stars6 803127 412
Stars, last 30 days+5+2 940
Stable releases, 12 months07
Latest release—1.5.0 · 25 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageScalaRust

Which one should you pick?

rustdesk scores 92/100 against 67/100 for openwhisk, so it is the safer default.

rustdesk ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for openwhisk.

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

rustdesk is growing faster right now (+2 940 stars in 30 days).

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