prometheusvsSSH & Web Terminal
Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| prometheus | SSH & Web Terminal | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 90/100 | 60/100 |
| Rank in category | #1 of 104 in Monitoring & observability | #30 of 104 in Home Automation |
| GitHub stars | 66 850 | 542 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +638 | +7 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 16 | 19 |
| Latest release | v3.15.1 · 21 Oct 2026 | v24.2.0 · 23 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | Yes | No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Main language | Go | Shell |
Which one should you pick?
prometheus scores 90/100 against 60/100 for SSH & Web Terminal, so it is the safer default.
SSH & Web Terminal ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 16 for prometheus.
prometheus is growing faster right now (+638 stars in 30 days).
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