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Blackbox exportervsSaleor

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

Blackbox exporterSaleor
Score70/10075/100
Rank in category#3 of 51 in Monitoring & observability#2 of 27 in E-commerce
GitHub stars5 92223 487
Stars, last 30 days+16+113
Stable releases, 12 months380
Latest releasev0.29.1 · 21 Oct 20263.23.45 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0BSD-3-Clause
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

Saleor scores 75/100 against 70/100 for Blackbox exporter, so it is the safer default.

Saleor ships more often: 80 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for Blackbox exporter.

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

Saleor is growing faster right now (+113 stars in 30 days).

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