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gatusvswerbot

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

gatuswerbot
Score76/10036/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#36 of 40 in Authentication
GitHub stars12 428169
Stars, last 30 days+283—
Stable releases, 12 months90
Latest releasev5.37.0 · 24 Sept 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 36/100 for werbot, so it is the safer default.

gatus ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for werbot.

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

gatus is growing faster right now (+283 stars in 30 days).

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