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gatusvstapflow

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

gatustapflow
Score76/10055/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#4 of 10 in Testing
GitHub stars12 4331 364
Stars, last 30 days+288—
Stable releases, 12 months1010
Latest releasev5.38.0 · 28 Oct 2026v0.30.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 55/100 for tapflow, so it is the safer default.

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

gatus is growing faster right now (+288 stars in 30 days).

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