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| Field | act | Gatus | restic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms | GitHub | Universal | Universal |
| Local support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paid API | No | No | No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | BSD-2-Clause |
| Stars | 72437 | 12381 | 36756 |
| Last activity | — | September 24, 2026 | September 25, 2026 |
| Install complexity | — | سهل إلى متوسط / Easy to moderate | متوسط: CLI ومستودع وجدولة منفصلة / Moderate: CLI, repository, and separate scheduling |
| Category | Testing, Git, DevOps | Security, DevOps | Security, DevOps |
| 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. | Best for an individual developer or small team that needs encrypted, testable backups of project files and exported database dumps. It works with local or remote storage and can be scheduled by the operating system. It does not replace application-consistent database exports or recovery testing. |