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gatusvsTigase XMPP Server

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

gatusTigase XMPP Server
Score76/10056/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#30 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars12 438358
Stars, last 30 days+284+0
Stable releases, 12 months103
Latest releasev5.38.0 · 28 Oct 2026tigase-server-dist-8.4.3 · 4 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoJava

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 56/100 for Tigase XMPP Server, so it is the safer default.

gatus ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for Tigase XMPP Server.

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

gatus is growing faster right now (+284 stars in 30 days).

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