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dockhandvsMeshSense

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

dockhandMeshSense
Score72/10051/100
Rank in category#4 of 44 in Container Management#21 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars6 916543
Stars, last 30 days+556—
Stable releases, 12 months310
Latest releasev1.0.55 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

dockhand scores 72/100 against 51/100 for MeshSense, so it is the safer default.

dockhand ships more often: 31 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for MeshSense.

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

dockhand is growing faster right now (+556 stars in 30 days).

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