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gatusvsunraid-config-guardian

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

gatusunraid-config-guardian
Score76/10046/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#38 of 46 in Backup
GitHub stars12 438171
Stars, last 30 days+284+0
Stable releases, 12 months108
Latest releasev5.38.0 · 28 Oct 2026v1.6.1 · 16 Mar 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 46/100 for unraid-config-guardian, so it is the safer default.

gatus ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for unraid-config-guardian.

If you want the quickest setup, gatus is easier to run; unraid-config-guardian needs more configuration.

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

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