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GitnessvsPgHero

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

GitnessPgHero
Score80/10066/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Code Hosting#1 of 2 in Performance monitoring
GitHub stars38 7448 942
Stars, last 30 days+317+12
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoRuby

Which one should you pick?

Gitness scores 80/100 against 66/100 for PgHero, so it is the safer default.

Gitness ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for PgHero.

Gitness is growing faster right now (+317 stars in 30 days).

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