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gatusvsSimpleX Chat

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

gatusSimpleX Chat
Score76/10074/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#4 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars12 43219 612
Stars, last 30 days+287+142
Stable releases, 12 months1012
Latest releasev5.38.0 · 28 Oct 2026v7.0.4 · 3 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoHaskell

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 74/100 for SimpleX Chat, so it is the safer default.

SimpleX Chat ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for gatus.

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

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

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