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Blackbox exportervsRainbond

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

Blackbox exporterRainbond
Score70/10064/100
Rank in category#3 of 51 in Monitoring & observability#2 of 10 in PaaS
GitHub stars5 9226 284
Stars, last 30 days+16+0
Stable releases, 12 months311
Latest releasev0.29.1 · 21 Oct 2026v6.10.1-release · 29 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

Blackbox exporter scores 70/100 against 64/100 for Rainbond, so it is the safer default.

Rainbond ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for Blackbox exporter.

If you want the quickest setup, Blackbox exporter is easier to run; Rainbond needs more configuration.

Blackbox exporter is growing faster right now (+16 stars in 30 days).

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