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GotifyvsopenITCOCKPIT

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

GotifyopenITCOCKPIT
Score74/10054/100
Rank in category#3 of 19 in Notifications#6 of 19 in Infrastructure Monitoring
GitHub stars16 147402
Stars, last 30 days+174+2
Stable releases, 12 months612
Latest releasev3.1.1 · 15 Sept 2026openITCOCKPIT-5.9.0 · 22 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageGoPHP

Which one should you pick?

Gotify scores 74/100 against 54/100 for openITCOCKPIT, so it is the safer default.

openITCOCKPIT ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Gotify.

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

Gotify is growing faster right now (+174 stars in 30 days).

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