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| Field | act | Gatus | Miller |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms | GitHub | Universal | Universal, MCP, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor |
| Local support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paid API | No | No | No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | BSD-2-Clause |
| Stars | 72437 | 12381 | 10049 |
| Last activity | — | September 24, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Install complexity | — | سهل إلى متوسط / Easy to moderate | EASY |
| Category | Testing, Git, DevOps | Security, DevOps | Workflow, Data |
| Best use | Best for a developer or small team that repeatedly edits GitHub Actions workflows and wants to test a job before pushing. It provides a local run log, while a final GitHub check remains necessary. It is not suitable when exact hosted-runner parity is required. | Best for an individual developer or small team that wants self-hosted website, API, DNS, and certificate checks with a status page and threshold-based alerts. It combines active checks and simple history in one service. It does not replace resource monitoring, logs, or distributed tracing. | Ideal for developers, data analysts, and operators who need to clean a CSV export, inspect JSON Lines, or summarize a large file from the terminal without starting a Python project. Use it for quick, repeatable file processing; concurrent transactions and advanced visual analysis still call for a database or complementary analytics tool. |