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gatusvsTerraforming Mars

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

gatusTerraforming Mars
Score76/10062/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#4 of 14 in Gaming
GitHub stars12 436961
Stars, last 30 days+282+9
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev5.38.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 62/100 for Terraforming Mars, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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