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

prom-alertmanagerSurrealDB
Score73/10077/100
Rank in category#14 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#5 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars8 67633 242
Stars, last 30 days+49+175
Stable releases, 12 months1122
Latest releasev0.34.1 · 17 Sept 2026v3.3.5 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageGoRust

Which one should you pick?

SurrealDB scores 77/100 against 73/100 for prom-alertmanager, so it is the safer default.

SurrealDB ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for prom-alertmanager.

If you want the quickest setup, SurrealDB is easier to run; prom-alertmanager needs more configuration.

SurrealDB is growing faster right now (+175 stars in 30 days).

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