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Cachet vs dozzle
Cachet has 15,263 GitHub stars, 1,631 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped yesterday. dozzle has 14,786 stars, 651 forks, 6 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Cachet leads on adoption by 3% (15,263 vs 14,786 stars). Cachet is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence; dozzle is written in Go under MIT. Cachet has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, dozzle 4%. dozzle was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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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| Cachet | dozzle | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 15K | ★ 15K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | PHP | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.6K | ⑂ 651 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Cachet if
- You weight community size — 15K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick dozzle if
- You want the dozzle feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and dozzle fits your workflow better
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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About dozzle
Dozzle dozzle.dev Dozzle is a lightweight, web based application for monitoring Docker logs in real time. It doesn't store any log files—it's designed purely for live log viewing. [!NOTE] If you like Dozzle, check out dtop , a top like application for monitoring Docker containers. It integrates with Dozzle to link directly to container logs. Features Intelligent fuzzy search for container names Search logs using regex Search logs using SQL queries Small memory footprint Split screen for viewing multiple logs Live stats with memory and CPU usage Multi user authentication with support for forward proxy…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Cachet or dozzle more popular?
Cachet has 15,263 GitHub stars and dozzle has 14,786. Cachet has the larger community by that measure.
Are Cachet and dozzle free?
Both are open source. Cachet has no licence declared in this registry, and dozzle is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Cachet and dozzle?
Cachet is written in PHP and dozzle in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Cachet or dozzle?
Choose Cachet if you want the larger community (15,263 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose dozzle if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.