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GlassFlow ClickHouse ETLvslogstash

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

GlassFlow ClickHouse ETLlogstash
Score53/10072/100
Rank in category#6 of 8 in Data Pipeline#2 of 8 in Data Pipeline
GitHub stars50314 969
Stars, last 30 days—+20
Stable releases, 12 months1032
Latest releasev3.2.0 · 22 May 2026v9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

logstash scores 72/100 against 53/100 for GlassFlow ClickHouse ETL, so it is the safer default.

logstash ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for GlassFlow ClickHouse ETL.

If you want the quickest setup, logstash is easier to run; GlassFlow ClickHouse ETL needs more configuration.

logstash is growing faster right now (+20 stars in 30 days).

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