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EncorevsPgHero

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

EncorePgHero
Score72/10066/100
Rank in category#4 of 14 in Platform as a Service#1 of 2 in Performance monitoring
GitHub stars12 6458 942
Stars, last 30 days+160+12
Stable releases, 12 months90
Latest releasev1.58.8 · 20 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMPL-2.0MIT
Main languageGoRuby

Which one should you pick?

Encore scores 72/100 against 66/100 for PgHero, so it is the safer default.

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

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

Encore is growing faster right now (+160 stars in 30 days).

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