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hadoopvsPanWatch

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

hadoopPanWatch
Score76/10062/100
Rank in category#1 of 1 in Distributed Systems#3 of 9 in Fintech
GitHub stars15 7022 270
Stars, last 30 days+33+119
Stable releases, 12 months012
Latest release—0.20.0 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

hadoop scores 76/100 against 62/100 for PanWatch, so it is the safer default.

PanWatch ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hadoop.

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

PanWatch is growing faster right now (+119 stars in 30 days).

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