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gatusvsSpodcast

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

gatusSpodcast
Score76/10047/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#7 of 18 in Podcasts
GitHub stars12 436374
Stars, last 30 days+282+0
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev5.38.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 47/100 for Spodcast, so it is the safer default.

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

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

gatus is growing faster right now (+282 stars in 30 days).

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