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GitnessvsMCSManager

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

GitnessMCSManager
Score80/10068/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Code Hosting#8 of 62 in Game Servers
GitHub stars38 7465 005
Stars, last 30 days+319+35
Stable releases, 12 months620
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026v10.22.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Gitness scores 80/100 against 68/100 for MCSManager, so it is the safer default.

MCSManager ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Gitness.

Gitness is growing faster right now (+319 stars in 30 days).

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