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gatusvstiledesk

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

gatustiledesk
Score76/10051/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#46 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars12 440325
Stars, last 30 days+286+1
Stable releases, 12 months101
Latest releasev5.38.0 · 28 Oct 20261.2.1 · 6 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoMustache

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 51/100 for tiledesk, so it is the safer default.

gatus ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for tiledesk.

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

gatus is growing faster right now (+286 stars in 30 days).

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