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GitnessvsWrench Board

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

GitnessWrench Board
Score80/10040/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Code Hosting#135 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars38 753251
Stars, last 30 days+319+0
Stable releases, 12 months69
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026v1.3.4 · 20 Jun 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

Gitness scores 80/100 against 40/100 for Wrench Board, so it is the safer default.

Wrench Board ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Gitness.

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

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

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