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DStatusvsgatus

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

DStatusgatus
Score48/10076/100
Rank in category#13 of 19 in Infrastructure Monitoring#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring
GitHub stars42112 432
Stars, last 30 days—+287
Stable releases, 12 months910
Latest releaseagent-v2.3.3 · 17 Oct 2026v5.38.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseProprietaryApache-2.0
Main languageJavaScriptGo

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 48/100 for DStatus, so it is the safer default.

gatus ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for DStatus.

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

gatus is growing faster right now (+287 stars in 30 days).

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