Pelican Panelvsprometheus
Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| Pelican Panel | prometheus | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 64/100 | 90/100 |
| Rank in category | #13 of 62 in Game Servers | #1 of 104 in Monitoring & observability |
| GitHub stars | 2 411 | 66 826 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +81 | +630 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 0 | 16 |
| Latest release | — | v3.15.1 · 21 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | PHP | Go |
Which one should you pick?
prometheus scores 90/100 against 64/100 for Pelican Panel, so it is the safer default.
prometheus ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Pelican Panel.
prometheus is growing faster right now (+630 stars in 30 days).
Pelican Panel details →prometheus details →