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gatusvsSeaweedFS

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

gatusSeaweedFS
Score76/10081/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage
GitHub stars12 42935 789
Stars, last 30 days+284+864
Stable releases, 12 months928
Latest releasev5.37.0 · 24 Sept 20264.51 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 76/100 for gatus, so it is the safer default.

SeaweedFS ships more often: 28 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for gatus.

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

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+864 stars in 30 days).

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