# Checkup vs grafana

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

| | Checkup | grafana |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 54/100 | 90/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #9 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring | #1 of 104 in Monitoring & observability |
| GitHub stars | 3 461 | 77 569 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | — | +695 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 0 | 53 ✓ |
| Latest release | — | v13.2.5 · 27 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Main language | Go | Typescript |

## Which one should you pick?

grafana scores 90/100 against 54/100 for Checkup, so it is the safer default.

grafana ships more often: 53 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Checkup.

grafana is growing faster right now (+695 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [Checkup](https://selfhost.directory/project/checkup) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/checkup.md)
- [grafana](https://selfhost.directory/project/grafana) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/grafana.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/checkup-vs-grafana