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milvusvsWatchYourPorts

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

milvusWatchYourPorts
Score82/10041/100
Rank in category#3 of 40 in Database Management#39 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars46 515206
Stars, last 30 days+266+0
Stable releases, 12 months180
Latest releasev2.6.26 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

milvus scores 82/100 against 41/100 for WatchYourPorts, so it is the safer default.

milvus ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for WatchYourPorts.

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

milvus is growing faster right now (+266 stars in 30 days).

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