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cozystackvsweb-check

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

cozystackweb-check
Score67/10081/100
Rank in category#6 of 14 in Platform as a Service#1 of 3 in OSINT
GitHub stars2 37535 279
Stars, last 30 days+140+372
Stable releases, 12 months123
Latest releasev1.6.4 · 16 Oct 20262.3.0 · 2 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

web-check scores 81/100 against 67/100 for cozystack, so it is the safer default.

cozystack ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for web-check.

If you want the quickest setup, web-check is easier to run; cozystack needs more configuration.

web-check is growing faster right now (+372 stars in 30 days).

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