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automatic-ripping-machinevsSyslog-ng

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

automatic-ripping-machineSyslog-ng
Score67/10066/100
Rank in category#10 of 142 in Media Management#3 of 8 in Logging
GitHub stars5 3922 386
Stars, last 30 days+148+10
Stable releases, 12 months162
Latest release2.24.4 · 3 Oct 2026syslog-ng-4.12.0 · 16 Jun 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languagePythonC

Which one should you pick?

automatic-ripping-machine scores 67/100 against 66/100 for Syslog-ng, so it is the safer default.

automatic-ripping-machine ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for Syslog-ng.

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

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