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Databasusvsprom-alertmanager

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

Databasusprom-alertmanager
Score75/10073/100
Rank in category#3 of 46 in Backup#14 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars9 2038 676
Stars, last 30 days+562+49
Stable releases, 12 months3711
Latest releasev3.64.0 · 24 Oct 2026v0.34.1 · 17 Sept 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

Databasus scores 75/100 against 73/100 for prom-alertmanager, so it is the safer default.

Databasus ships more often: 37 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for prom-alertmanager.

If you want the quickest setup, Databasus is easier to run; prom-alertmanager needs more configuration.

Databasus is growing faster right now (+562 stars in 30 days).

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