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DStatusvselasticsearch

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

DStatuselasticsearch
Score48/10083/100
Rank in category#13 of 19 in Infrastructure Monitoring#2 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars42178 428
Stars, last 30 days—+459
Stable releases, 12 months932
Latest releaseagent-v2.3.3 · 17 Oct 2026v9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseProprietaryOther
Main languageJavaScriptJava

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 83/100 against 48/100 for DStatus, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for DStatus.

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

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+459 stars in 30 days).

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