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gatusvsMeshery

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

gatusMeshery
Score76/10073/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#2 of 7 in Kubernetes
GitHub stars12 42812 073
Stars, last 30 days+283+52
Stable releases, 12 months912
Latest releasev5.37.0 · 24 Sept 2026v1.0.74 · 22 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 73/100 for Meshery, so it is the safer default.

Meshery ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for gatus.

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

gatus is growing faster right now (+283 stars in 30 days).

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