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Appwritevsrsyslog

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

Appwritersyslog
Score84/10067/100
Rank in category#1 of 15 in Backend as a Service#2 of 8 in Logging
GitHub stars57 7902 344
Stars, last 30 days+329+8
Stable releases, 12 months174
Latest release1.9.10 · 24 Oct 2026v8.2610.0 · 20 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseLGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptC

Which one should you pick?

Appwrite scores 84/100 against 67/100 for rsyslog, so it is the safer default.

Appwrite ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for rsyslog.

If you want the quickest setup, Appwrite is easier to run; rsyslog needs more configuration.

Appwrite is growing faster right now (+329 stars in 30 days).

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