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Self-Hosted Metrics (SHM)vstidb

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

Self-Hosted Metrics (SHM)tidb
Score45/10080/100
Rank in category#77 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#4 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars16540 685
Stars, last 30 days—+104
Stable releases, 12 months92
Latest releasev1.2.7 · 29 Jul 2026v8.5.8 · 27 Aug 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

tidb scores 80/100 against 45/100 for Self-Hosted Metrics (SHM), so it is the safer default.

Self-Hosted Metrics (SHM) ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for tidb.

If you want the quickest setup, Self-Hosted Metrics (SHM) is easier to run; tidb needs more configuration.

tidb is growing faster right now (+104 stars in 30 days).

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