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RustDesk Servervstidaloader

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

RustDesk Servertidaloader
Score75/10046/100
Rank in category#4 of 22 in Remote Desktop#22 of 31 in Music
GitHub stars10 628160
Stars, last 30 days+179—
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest release1.1.16 · 20 Jul 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageRustJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

RustDesk Server scores 75/100 against 46/100 for tidaloader, so it is the safer default.

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

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

RustDesk Server is growing faster right now (+179 stars in 30 days).

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