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dokployvsSelf-Hosted Metrics (SHM)

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

dokploySelf-Hosted Metrics (SHM)
Score80/10045/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Platform as a Service#77 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars38 094165
Stars, last 30 days+608—
Stable releases, 12 months279
Latest releasev0.30.10 · 22 Oct 2026v1.2.7 · 29 Jul 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

dokploy scores 80/100 against 45/100 for Self-Hosted Metrics (SHM), so it is the safer default.

dokploy ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for Self-Hosted Metrics (SHM).

If you want the quickest setup, dokploy is easier to run; Self-Hosted Metrics (SHM) needs more configuration.

dokploy is growing faster right now (+608 stars in 30 days).

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