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Self-Hosted Metrics (SHM)vsUpptime

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

Self-Hosted Metrics (SHM)Upptime
Score45/10069/100
Rank in category#77 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#3 of 12 in Uptime Monitoring
GitHub stars16517 184
Stars, last 30 days—+0
Stable releases, 12 months90
Latest releasev1.2.7 · 29 Jul 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoMarkdown

Which one should you pick?

Upptime scores 69/100 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 0 for Upptime.

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

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