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

Giteameshping
Score89/10047/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Code Hosting#31 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars58 751170
Stars, last 30 days+611—
Stable releases, 12 months170
Latest releasev28.2.0 · 18 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

Gitea scores 89/100 against 47/100 for meshping, so it is the safer default.

Gitea ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for meshping.

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

Gitea is growing faster right now (+611 stars in 30 days).

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