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CaddyvsPanWatch

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

CaddyPanWatch
Score90/10062/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Web Servers#3 of 9 in Fintech
GitHub stars78 5222 269
Stars, last 30 days+2 487+118
Stable releases, 12 months612
Latest releasev2.11.7 · 3 Oct 20260.20.0 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

Caddy scores 90/100 against 62/100 for PanWatch, so it is the safer default.

PanWatch ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Caddy.

Caddy is growing faster right now (+2 487 stars in 30 days).

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