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World MonitorvsYarr

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

World MonitorYarr
Score86/10061/100
Rank in category#5 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#7 of 85 in Feed Reader
GitHub stars89 7394 080
Stars, last 30 days+2 400+28
Stable releases, 12 months174
Latest releasev2.11.6 · 25 Oct 2026v2.9 · 7 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

World Monitor scores 86/100 against 61/100 for Yarr, so it is the safer default.

World Monitor ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for Yarr.

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

World Monitor is growing faster right now (+2 400 stars in 30 days).

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