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World MonitorvsZeroNet

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

World MonitorZeroNet
Score86/10063/100
Rank in category#5 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#1 of 3 in Peer-to-Peer
GitHub stars89 72718 786
Stars, last 30 days+2 388+16
Stable releases, 12 months170
Latest releasev2.11.6 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

World Monitor scores 86/100 against 63/100 for ZeroNet, so it is the safer default.

World Monitor ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ZeroNet.

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

World Monitor is growing faster right now (+2 388 stars in 30 days).

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