Beszel
Beszel is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Monitoring & Status Pages category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Go. It ships a Docker image. It has 26,546 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 26,546
- Forks
- 1,116
- Open issues
- 251
- Commits, last 12 months
- 731
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.21.1Oct 22, 2026
- Created
- Jul 7, 2024
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 731 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 731 |
| Latest release | v0.21.1 (Oct 22, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 68 |
| Open issues | 251 |
| Open pull requests | 111 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jul 7, 2024 |
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About Beszel
Lightweight server monitoring hub with Docker stats, history and alerts.
Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/henrygd/beszel.
Topics
- homelab
- monitoring
- self-hosted
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From the blog
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Comparisons, rankings and guides on the appsgit blog that cover Beszel.
- Guides
How to start self-hosting in 2026: a beginner's roadmap (hardware, Docker, reverse proxy, backups)
How to start self-hosting in 2026: pick hardware or a VPS, install Docker, add a reverse proxy with HTTPS, reach it remotely and back it up, step by step.
6 min read
- Roundups
Self-hosting on a Raspberry Pi 5: 15 apps that run well on 8 GB
Self-hosted apps for the Raspberry Pi 5: 15 that run well on 8 GB, each with a verified ARM64 Docker image, plus storage, cooling and the limits to know.
6 min read
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Is Beszel free and open source?
Yes. Beszel is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Beszel with Docker?
Yes. Beszel provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Beszel?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Beszel include Uptime Kuma, Netdata and Grafana.
Is Beszel actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Beszel was on Oct 25, 2026 with 731 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.21.1, published Oct 22, 2026. It had 251 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.