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Healthchecksvspenpot

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

Healthcheckspenpot
Score73/10084/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring#1 of 30 in Collaboration
GitHub stars10 46661 801
Stars, last 30 days+108+1 489
Stable releases, 12 months1212
Latest releasev5.0.3 · 27 Oct 20262.18.5 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseMPL-2.0
Main languagePythonClojure

Which one should you pick?

penpot scores 84/100 against 73/100 for Healthchecks, so it is the safer default.

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

penpot is growing faster right now (+1 489 stars in 30 days).

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