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GitnessvsRecipeSage

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

GitnessRecipeSage
Score80/10057/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Code Hosting#5 of 18 in Recipe Management
GitHub stars38 745984
Stars, last 30 days+318+19
Stable releases, 12 months627
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026v4.1.0 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0-only OR Proprietary
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Gitness scores 80/100 against 57/100 for RecipeSage, so it is the safer default.

RecipeSage ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Gitness.

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

Gitness is growing faster right now (+318 stars in 30 days).

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