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web-checkvsZulip

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

web-checkZulip
Score81/10082/100
Rank in category#1 of 3 in OSINT#1 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars35 28026 133
Stars, last 30 days+373+190
Stable releases, 12 months36
Latest release2.3.0 · 2 Oct 202612.3 · 21 Sept 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Zulip scores 82/100 against 81/100 for web-check, so it is the safer default.

Zulip ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for web-check.

If you want the quickest setup, web-check is easier to run; Zulip needs more configuration.

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