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GitnessvsWhiteboard

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

GitnessWhiteboard
Score80/10056/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Code Hosting#5 of 10 in Code Review
GitHub stars38 7453 376
Stars, last 30 days+318—
Stable releases, 12 months63
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026diffr/0.1.22 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Gitness scores 80/100 against 56/100 for Whiteboard, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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