MeshCentral vs Warpgate

Both are self-hosted remote access projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Warpgate scores 86 against MeshCentral's 79, putting it slightly ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume. That measures project health, not feature fit — MeshCentral may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	MeshCentral	Warpgate
Health score	79/100	86/100
Commits (11 mo)	467	836
Commits (last 3 mo)	155	467
Stars	7.3k	8k
Latest release	24 Sept 2026	23 Sept 2026
Licence	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Built with	Nodejs	Rust, Docker
Typical RAM	1 GB	1 GB

MeshCentral

Run your own web server to remotely manage and control computers on a local network or anywhere on the internet.

79/100

Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 25/40

Releases 25/25

Community 15/20

Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 62% of tracked projects; popularity more than 74%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

Warpgate

Fully transparent SSH, HTTPS, Kubernetes, MySQL and Postgres bastion/PAM that doesn't need additional client-side software.

86/100

Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 31/40

Releases 25/25

Community 15/20

Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 76% of tracked projects; popularity more than 75%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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