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gatusvsWireGuard Easy

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

gatusWireGuard Easy
Score76/10073/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#8 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars12 43327 321
Stars, last 30 days+279+325
Stable releases, 12 months106
Latest releasev5.38.0 · 28 Oct 2026v15.5.0 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 73/100 for WireGuard Easy, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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