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nostr-watchvsWBO

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

nostr-watchWBO
Score42/10061/100
Rank in category#84 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#2 of 9 in Whiteboarding
GitHub stars1992 675
Stars, last 30 days—+17
Stable releases, 12 months34
Latest releasenocap-info-adapter-default@v1.2.0 · 11 Mar 2026v2.18.26 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

WBO scores 61/100 against 42/100 for nostr-watch, so it is the safer default.

WBO ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for nostr-watch.

If you want the quickest setup, WBO is easier to run; nostr-watch needs more configuration.

WBO is growing faster right now (+17 stars in 30 days).

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