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ChartDBvsheplify

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

ChartDBheplify
Score74/10049/100
Rank in category#7 of 40 in Database Management#27 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars23 027222
Stars, last 30 days+77+0
Stable releases, 12 months511
Latest releasev1.20.1 · 7 Apr 20262.0.28 · 4 Sept 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

ChartDB scores 74/100 against 49/100 for heplify, so it is the safer default.

heplify ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for ChartDB.

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

ChartDB is growing faster right now (+77 stars in 30 days).

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