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Backstagevsspeedtest-rust

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

Backstagespeedtest-rust
Score79/10045/100
Rank in category#8 of 166 in Developer Tools#35 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars34 737252
Stars, last 30 days+55+0
Stable releases, 12 months140
Latest releasev1.57.0-next.0 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseApache-2.0LGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptRust

Which one should you pick?

Backstage scores 79/100 against 45/100 for speedtest-rust, so it is the safer default.

Backstage ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for speedtest-rust.

If you want the quickest setup, speedtest-rust is easier to run; Backstage needs more configuration.

Backstage is growing faster right now (+55 stars in 30 days).

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