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imgproxyvsWorld Monitor

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

imgproxyWorld Monitor
Score72/10086/100
Rank in category#2 of 13 in Image Processing#5 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars11 16189 721
Stars, last 30 days+66+2 382
Stable releases, 12 months2317
Latest releasev4.0.20 · 26 Oct 2026v2.11.6 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

World Monitor scores 86/100 against 72/100 for imgproxy, so it is the safer default.

imgproxy ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 17 for World Monitor.

If you want the quickest setup, imgproxy is easier to run; World Monitor needs more configuration.

World Monitor is growing faster right now (+2 382 stars in 30 days).

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