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ruptimevsRustDesk Server

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

ruptimeRustDesk Server
Score45/10074/100
Rank in category#17 of 19 in Infrastructure Monitoring#4 of 22 in Remote Desktop
GitHub stars21310 629
Stars, last 30 days+0+173
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—1.1.16 · 20 Jul 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageShellRust

Which one should you pick?

RustDesk Server scores 74/100 against 45/100 for ruptime, so it is the safer default.

RustDesk Server ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ruptime.

If you want the quickest setup, RustDesk Server is easier to run; ruptime needs more configuration.

RustDesk Server is growing faster right now (+173 stars in 30 days).

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