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automatic-ripping-machinevsrsyslog

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

automatic-ripping-machinersyslog
Score67/10067/100
Rank in category#10 of 142 in Media Management#2 of 8 in Logging
GitHub stars5 3922 344
Stars, last 30 days+148+8
Stable releases, 12 months164
Latest release2.24.4 · 3 Oct 2026v8.2610.0 · 20 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITLGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonC

Which one should you pick?

automatic-ripping-machine and rsyslog score the same (67/100), so the choice comes down to the details below.

automatic-ripping-machine ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for rsyslog.

If you want the quickest setup, automatic-ripping-machine is easier to run; rsyslog needs more configuration.

automatic-ripping-machine is growing faster right now (+148 stars in 30 days).

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