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gatusvsTube Archivist

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

gatusTube Archivist
Score76/10072/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#7 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars12 4368 552
Stars, last 30 days+282+83
Stable releases, 12 months106
Latest releasev5.38.0 · 28 Oct 2026v0.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 72/100 for Tube Archivist, so it is the safer default.

gatus ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Tube Archivist.

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

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

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