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

apache-nifiPontoon
Score73/10044/100
Rank in category#1 of 8 in Data Pipeline#8 of 8 in Data Pipeline
GitHub stars6 277244
Stars, last 30 days+35—
Stable releases, 12 months30
Latest releaserel/nifi-2.12.0 · 13 Sept 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

apache-nifi scores 73/100 against 44/100 for Pontoon, so it is the safer default.

apache-nifi ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Pontoon.

If you want the quickest setup, Pontoon is easier to run; apache-nifi needs more configuration.

apache-nifi is growing faster right now (+35 stars in 30 days).

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