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beszel vs DoKit
beszel has 25,459 GitHub stars, 1,019 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped yesterday. DoKit has 20,415 stars, 3,183 forks, 275 open issues and last shipped 11 days ago. beszel leads on adoption by 25% (25,459 vs 20,415 stars). beszel is written in Go under MIT; DoKit is written in Java under Apache-2.0. beszel has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, DoKit 16%. beszel was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (monitoring), 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 | DoKit | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 25K | ★ 20K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Java |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-07 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.0K | ⑂ 3.2K |
| 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 DoKit if
- You want the DoKit feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You evaluated both and DoKit 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 DoKit
DoKit is an Apache 2.0 efficiency platform for the full research and development lifecycle of pan frontend products — Android, iOS, mini programs, Flutter and Web — built for mobile developers, test engineers and UI designers who want debugging, performance monitoring and visual inspection tooling inside a debug build instead of hand rolled into each application.
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Frequently asked questions
Is beszel or DoKit more popular?
beszel has 25,459 GitHub stars and DoKit has 20,415. beszel has the larger community by that measure.
Are beszel and DoKit free?
Both are open source. beszel is licensed under MIT and DoKit under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between beszel and DoKit?
beszel is written in Go and DoKit in Java. 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 DoKit?
Choose beszel if you want the larger community (25,459 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose DoKit if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.