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Gitnessvsmyshoes

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

Gitnessmyshoes
Score80/10045/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Code Hosting#26 of 28 in CI/CD
GitHub stars38 746168
Stars, last 30 days+319—
Stable releases, 12 months65
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026v1.20.3 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

Gitness scores 80/100 against 45/100 for myshoes, so it is the safer default.

Gitness ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for myshoes.

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

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

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