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CookCLIvsupstat

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

CookCLIupstat
Score61/10043/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Recipe Management#11 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring
GitHub stars1 424200
Stars, last 30 days+33+0
Stable releases, 12 months210
Latest releasev0.39.0 · 24 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageRustTypescript

Which one should you pick?

CookCLI scores 61/100 against 43/100 for upstat, so it is the safer default.

CookCLI ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for upstat.

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

CookCLI is growing faster right now (+33 stars in 30 days).

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