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harnessvsDeta Surf

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

harnessDeta Surf
Score80/10059/100
Rank in category#3 of 28 in CI/CD#21 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars38 7483 613
Stars, last 30 days+321—
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

harness scores 80/100 against 59/100 for Deta Surf, so it is the safer default.

harness ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Deta Surf.

harness is growing faster right now (+321 stars in 30 days).

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