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cephvsmitmproxy

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

cephmitmproxy
Score78/10086/100
Rank in category#1 of 7 in Distributed Storage#1 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars17 18046 471
Stars, last 30 days+109+1 327
Stable releases, 12 months05
Latest release—v12.3.1 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageCPython

Which one should you pick?

mitmproxy scores 86/100 against 78/100 for ceph, so it is the safer default.

mitmproxy ships more often: 5 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ceph.

If you want the quickest setup, mitmproxy is easier to run; ceph needs more configuration.

mitmproxy is growing faster right now (+1 327 stars in 30 days).

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