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dockwatchvsEncore

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

dockwatchEncore
Score51/10072/100
Rank in category#20 of 44 in Container Management#4 of 14 in Platform as a Service
GitHub stars34112 649
Stars, last 30 days—+164
Stable releases, 12 months129
Latest releasev0.6.617 · 21 Oct 2026v1.58.8 · 20 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMPL-2.0
Main languagePHPGo

Which one should you pick?

Encore scores 72/100 against 51/100 for dockwatch, so it is the safer default.

dockwatch ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for Encore.

Encore is growing faster right now (+164 stars in 30 days).

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