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sdnextvsWorld Monitor

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

sdnextWorld Monitor
Score71/10086/100
Rank in category#3 of 11 in Image Generation#5 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars7 36289 719
Stars, last 30 days+16+2 430
Stable releases, 12 months017
Latest release—v2.11.6 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

World Monitor scores 86/100 against 71/100 for sdnext, so it is the safer default.

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

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

World Monitor is growing faster right now (+2 430 stars in 30 days).

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