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gatusvsMonitorr

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

gatusMonitorr
Score76/10050/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#61 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars12 429675
Stars, last 30 days+284—
Stable releases, 12 months90
Latest releasev5.37.0 · 24 Sept 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoPHP

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 50/100 for Monitorr, so it is the safer default.

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

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

gatus is growing faster right now (+284 stars in 30 days).

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