HealthchecksvsNakama
Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| Healthchecks | Nakama | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 73/100 | 75/100 |
| Rank in category | #2 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring | #4 of 62 in Game Servers |
| GitHub stars | 10 468 | 13 607 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +106 | +65 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 12 | 9 |
| Latest release | v5.0.3 · 27 Oct 2026 | v3.41.0 · 18 Sept 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Python | Go |
Which one should you pick?
Nakama scores 75/100 against 73/100 for Healthchecks, so it is the safer default.
Healthchecks ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for Nakama.
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