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Gotifyvsportabase

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

Gotifyportabase
Score74/10060/100
Rank in category#3 of 19 in Notifications#3 of 15 in Backup Management
GitHub stars16 1391 860
Stars, last 30 days+178+95
Stable releases, 12 months664
Latest releasev3.1.1 · 15 Sept 20261.35.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Gotify scores 74/100 against 60/100 for portabase, so it is the safer default.

portabase ships more often: 64 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Gotify.

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

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