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GitnessvsPVE-UPS

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

GitnessPVE-UPS
Score80/10051/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Code Hosting#20 of 51 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars38 753360
Stars, last 30 days+319+3
Stable releases, 12 months610
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026v4.3.0 · 10 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

Gitness scores 80/100 against 51/100 for PVE-UPS, so it is the safer default.

PVE-UPS ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Gitness.

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

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

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