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ObservalvsTrench

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

ObservalTrench
Score65/10052/100
Rank in category#40 of 209 in AI Agents#9 of 27 in Analytics
GitHub stars4 5341 666
Stars, last 30 days+1 160+0
Stable releases, 12 months330
Latest releasev1.15.1 · 16 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Observal scores 65/100 against 52/100 for Trench, so it is the safer default.

Observal ships more often: 33 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Trench.

Observal is growing faster right now (+1 160 stars in 30 days).

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