# horilla vs prometheus

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

| | horilla | prometheus |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 60/100 | 90/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #3 of 9 in Human Resource Management (HRM) | #1 of 104 in Monitoring & observability |
| GitHub stars | 1 478 | 66 845 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +47 | +649 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 12 | 16 ✓ |
| Latest release | 2.2.0 · 21 Oct 2026 | v3.15.1 · 21 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate ✓ |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | LGPL-2.1 | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | HTML | Go |

## Which one should you pick?

prometheus scores 90/100 against 60/100 for horilla, so it is the safer default.

prometheus ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 12 for horilla.

prometheus is growing faster right now (+649 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [horilla](https://selfhost.directory/project/horilla) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/horilla.md)
- [prometheus](https://selfhost.directory/project/prometheus) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/prometheus.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/horilla-vs-prometheus