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gatusvsSparkyFitness

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

gatusSparkyFitness
Score76/10066/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#2 of 11 in Fitness Tracker
GitHub stars12 4326 501
Stars, last 30 days+287+401
Stable releases, 12 months1026
Latest releasev5.38.0 · 28 Oct 2026v1.9.0 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 66/100 for SparkyFitness, so it is the safer default.

SparkyFitness ships more often: 26 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for gatus.

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

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