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beszel vs Cachet
beszel has 25,459 GitHub stars, 1,019 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Cachet has 15,242 stars, 1,632 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped yesterday. beszel leads on adoption by 67% (25,459 vs 15,242 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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| beszel | Cachet | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 25K | ★ 15K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | Go | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.0K | ⑂ 1.6K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick beszel if
- You weight community size — 25K 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 is a lightweight server monitoring platform written in Go and released under the MIT License. It consists of two components: a hub, which is a web application built on PocketBase and provides the dashboard for viewing and managing connected systems, and an agent, which runs on each system being monitored and communicates system metrics back to the hub. The project lives in the self hosted, homelab oriented monitoring ecosystem, alongside the broader category of Infrastructure and Operations tooling, and it is distributed primarily through Docker images published as henrygd/beszel for the hub and henrygd/be…
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About Cachet
Cachet is an open source, self hosted status page system. It lives in the PHP and Laravel ecosystem, and it is categorized under Infrastructure and Operations and Monitoring and Observability. The project is intended for teams that need a dedicated place to communicate service status and downtime in a transparent way.
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Frequently asked questions
Is beszel or Cachet more popular?
beszel has 25,459 GitHub stars and Cachet has 15,242. 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 (25,459 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Cachet if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.