# Healthchecks vs nginx-love

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

| | Healthchecks | nginx-love |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 73/100 ✓ | 50/100 |
| Rank in category | #2 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring | #3 of 3 in Web Application Firewall |
| GitHub stars | 10 468 ✓ | 312 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +106 ✓ | +0 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 12 ✓ | 1 |
| Latest release | v5.0.3 · 27 Oct 2026 ✓ | v4.01 · 31 Oct 2025 |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | Yes ✓ | No |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Python | Typescript |

## Which one should you pick?

Healthchecks scores 73/100 against 50/100 for nginx-love, so it is the safer default.

Healthchecks ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for nginx-love.

Healthchecks is growing faster right now (+106 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [Healthchecks](https://selfhost.directory/project/healthchecks) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/healthchecks.md)
- [nginx-love](https://selfhost.directory/project/nginx-love) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/nginx-love.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/healthchecks-vs-nginx-love