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ActivepiecesvsShinken

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

ActivepiecesShinken
Score81/10053/100
Rank in category#4 of 32 in Workflow Automation#17 of 51 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars25 2651 135
Stars, last 30 days+565—
Stable releases, 12 months370
Latest release0.92.3-hotfix.2 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Activepieces scores 81/100 against 53/100 for Shinken, so it is the safer default.

Activepieces ships more often: 37 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Shinken.

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

Activepieces is growing faster right now (+565 stars in 30 days).

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