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activemqvsBLE Monitor

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

activemqBLE Monitor
Score64/10060/100
Rank in category#7 of 12 in Message Broker#1 of 3 in Integration
GitHub stars2 4622 251
Stars, last 30 days+1+7
Stable releases, 12 months2413
Latest releaseactivemq-5.19.12 · 22 Oct 202614.4.0 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

activemq scores 64/100 against 60/100 for BLE Monitor, so it is the safer default.

activemq ships more often: 24 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for BLE Monitor.

If you want the quickest setup, BLE Monitor is easier to run; activemq needs more configuration.

BLE Monitor is growing faster right now (+7 stars in 30 days).

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