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UrbitvsUVdesk Helpdesk

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

UrbitUVdesk Helpdesk
Score63/10069/100
Rank in category#3 of 8 in Operating System#2 of 14 in Customer Support
GitHub stars3 62219 638
Stars, last 30 days+5+26
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest release408k-2 · 4 Aug 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITOSL-3.0
Main languagehoonCSS

Which one should you pick?

UVdesk Helpdesk scores 69/100 against 63/100 for Urbit, so it is the safer default.

Urbit ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for UVdesk Helpdesk.

If you want the quickest setup, UVdesk Helpdesk is easier to run; Urbit needs more configuration.

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

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