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GitnessvsSketchForge

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

GitnessSketchForge
Score80/10055/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Code Hosting#9 of 22 in 3D Printing
GitHub stars38 7611 178
Stars, last 30 days+327+2
Stable releases, 12 months63
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026v1.0.3 · 17 Aug 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Gitness scores 80/100 against 55/100 for SketchForge, so it is the safer default.

Gitness ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for SketchForge.

Gitness is growing faster right now (+327 stars in 30 days).

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