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DStatusvsShields

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

DStatusShields
Score48/10080/100
Rank in category#13 of 19 in Infrastructure Monitoring#6 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars42127 331
Stars, last 30 days+0+125
Stable releases, 12 months90
Latest releaseagent-v2.3.3 · 17 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseProprietaryApache-2.0
Main languageJavaScriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Shields scores 80/100 against 48/100 for DStatus, so it is the safer default.

DStatus ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Shields.

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

Shields is growing faster right now (+125 stars in 30 days).

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