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OpenListvsUptime-Kuma-Web-API

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

OpenListUptime-Kuma-Web-API
Score80/10039/100
Rank in category#2 of 34 in File Management#12 of 13 in API
GitHub stars25 340282
Stars, last 30 days+571+0
Stable releases, 12 months150
Latest releasev4.2.9 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0—
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

OpenList scores 80/100 against 39/100 for Uptime-Kuma-Web-API, so it is the safer default.

OpenList ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Uptime-Kuma-Web-API.

If you want the quickest setup, OpenList is easier to run; Uptime-Kuma-Web-API needs more configuration.

OpenList is growing faster right now (+571 stars in 30 days).

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