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gatusvsShiny Server

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

gatusShiny Server
Score76/10057/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#2 of 20 in Application Management
GitHub stars12 432763
Stars, last 30 days+287—
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev5.38.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageGoJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 57/100 for Shiny Server, so it is the safer default.

gatus ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Shiny Server.

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

gatus is growing faster right now (+287 stars in 30 days).

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