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GitnessvsThe-One-File

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

GitnessThe-One-File
Score80/10052/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Code Hosting#18 of 34 in Network Management
GitHub stars38 756548
Stars, last 30 days+322+0
Stable releases, 12 months610
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026TOFV-2.0 · 7 Jun 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageGoHTML

Which one should you pick?

Gitness scores 80/100 against 52/100 for The-One-File, so it is the safer default.

The-One-File ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Gitness.

Gitness is growing faster right now (+322 stars in 30 days).

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