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gatusvsnetxms

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

gatusnetxms
Score76/10055/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#19 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars12 429417
Stars, last 30 days+284—
Stable releases, 12 months915
Latest releasev5.37.0 · 24 Sept 2026release-6.2.4 · 2 Sept 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageGoC++

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 55/100 for netxms, so it is the safer default.

netxms ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for gatus.

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

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

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