# Openship vs prometheus

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

| | Openship | prometheus |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 67/100 | 90/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #1 of 10 in PaaS | #1 of 104 in Monitoring & observability |
| GitHub stars | 14 975 | 66 847 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +105 | +635 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 11 | 16 ✓ |
| Latest release | v0.9.5 · 24 Oct 2026 ✓ | v3.15.1 · 21 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate ✓ |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Typescript | Go |

## Which one should you pick?

prometheus scores 90/100 against 67/100 for Openship, so it is the safer default.

prometheus ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for Openship.

prometheus is growing faster right now (+635 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [Openship](https://selfhost.directory/project/openship) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/openship.md)
- [prometheus](https://selfhost.directory/project/prometheus) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/prometheus.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/openship-vs-prometheus