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ShipShipShipvsApache SkyWalking

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

ShipShipShipApache SkyWalking
Score47/10076/100
Rank in category#6 of 6 in Product Management#2 of 9 in Application Performance Monitoring
GitHub stars30124 978
Stars, last 30 days+0+4
Stable releases, 12 months103
Latest releasev1.3.5 · 18 Feb 2026v11.0.0 · 28 Aug 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageSvelteJava

Which one should you pick?

Apache SkyWalking scores 76/100 against 47/100 for ShipShipShip, so it is the safer default.

ShipShipShip ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for Apache SkyWalking.

If you want the quickest setup, ShipShipShip is easier to run; Apache SkyWalking needs more configuration.

Apache SkyWalking is growing faster right now (+4 stars in 30 days).

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