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RStudio ServervsWorld Monitor

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

RStudio ServerWorld Monitor
Score67/10086/100
Rank in category#21 of 166 in Developer Tools#5 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars5 10189 739
Stars, last 30 days+25+2 400
Stable releases, 12 months017
Latest release—v2.11.6 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

World Monitor scores 86/100 against 67/100 for RStudio Server, so it is the safer default.

World Monitor ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for RStudio Server.

If you want the quickest setup, RStudio Server is easier to run; World Monitor needs more configuration.

World Monitor is growing faster right now (+2 400 stars in 30 days).

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