head to head · open source
beszel vs Cachet
beszel has 26,783 GitHub stars, 1,138 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Cachet has 15,263 stars, 1,631 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped yesterday. beszel leads on adoption by 75% (26,783 vs 15,263 stars). beszel is written in Go under MIT; Cachet is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence. beszel has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, Cachet 11%. Cachet was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (self-hosted), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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Side by side
| beszel | Cachet | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 27K | ★ 15K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | Go | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-11-01 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.1K | ⑂ 1.6K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick beszel if
- You weight community size — 27K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Cachet if
- You want the Cachet feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and Cachet fits your workflow better
About beszel
Beszel Beszel is a lightweight server monitoring platform that includes Docker statistics, historical data, and alert functions. It has a friendly web interface, simple configuration, and is ready to use out of the box. It supports automatic backup, multi user, OAuth authentication, and API access. Features Lightweight : Smaller and less resource intensive than leading solutions. Simple : Easy setup with little manual configuration required. Docker stats : Tracks CPU, memory, and network usage history for each container. ZFS : Tracks pool capacity, health, and I/O, plus per dataset usage. Alerts : Configurable…
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About Cachet
Cachet, the open source self hosted status page system. Cachet 3.x Announcement For more information on the Cachet rebuild and our plans for 3.x, you can read the announcement here. Requirements PHP 8.3 or later Composer A supported database: MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite Installation, Upgrades and Documentation You can find documentation at Here are some useful quick links: Installing Cachet Demo To test out the v3 demo, you can log in to the Cachet dashboard with the following credentials: Email: test@test.com Password: test123 Note The demo automatically resets every 30 minutes. Sponsors Security…
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Frequently asked questions
Is beszel or Cachet more popular?
beszel has 26,783 GitHub stars and Cachet has 15,263. beszel has the larger community by that measure.
Are beszel and Cachet free?
Both are open source. beszel is licensed under MIT, and Cachet has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between beszel and Cachet?
beszel is written in Go and Cachet in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, beszel or Cachet?
Choose beszel if you want the larger community (26,783 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Cachet if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.