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Cachet vs thanos
Cachet has 15,242 GitHub stars, 1,632 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped yesterday. thanos has 14,207 stars, 2,369 forks, 908 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Cachet leads on adoption by 7% (15,242 vs 14,207 stars). Cachet is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence; thanos is written in Go under Apache-2.0. Cachet has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, thanos 17%. Cachet 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 | thanos | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 15K | ★ 14K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | PHP | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.6K | ⑂ 2.4K |
| 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 thanos if
- You want the thanos feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and thanos fits your workflow better
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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About thanos
Thanos is a CNCF Incubating, Apache 2.0 licensed collection of Go components that composes a highly available metric system with unlimited storage capacity on top of an existing Prometheus deployment.
read the full thanos overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Cachet or thanos more popular?
Cachet has 15,242 GitHub stars and thanos has 14,207. Cachet has the larger community by that measure.
Are Cachet and thanos free?
Both are open source. Cachet has no licence declared in this registry, and thanos is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Cachet and thanos?
Cachet is written in PHP and thanos 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 thanos?
Choose Cachet if you want the larger community (15,242 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose thanos if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.