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gatusvsSosse

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

gatusSosse
Score76/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#25 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars12 434408
Stars, last 30 days+280+0
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev5.38.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 52/100 for Sosse, so it is the safer default.

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

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

gatus is growing faster right now (+280 stars in 30 days).

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