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gatusvsYT Zero

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

gatusYT Zero
Score76/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#53 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars12 433669
Stars, last 30 days+279+0
Stable releases, 12 months109
Latest releasev5.38.0 · 28 Oct 20262026.09.9 · 28 Sept 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Unlicense
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

gatus scores 76/100 against 52/100 for YT Zero, so it is the safer default.

gatus ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for YT Zero.

gatus is growing faster right now (+279 stars in 30 days).

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