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ShieldsvsWhatomate

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

ShieldsWhatomate
Score80/10053/100
Rank in category#6 of 166 in Developer Tools#37 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars27 3311 752
Stars, last 30 days+125+1
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptGo

Which one should you pick?

Shields scores 80/100 against 53/100 for Whatomate, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, Shields is easier to run; Whatomate needs more configuration.

Shields is growing faster right now (+125 stars in 30 days).

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