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elasticsearchvsmqtt-exporter

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

elasticsearchmqtt-exporter
Score83/10048/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#67 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars78 425168
Stars, last 30 days+456—
Stable releases, 12 months326
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026mqtt-exporter-0.1.4 · 11 May 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 83/100 against 48/100 for mqtt-exporter, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for mqtt-exporter.

If you want the quickest setup, mqtt-exporter is easier to run; elasticsearch needs more configuration.

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+456 stars in 30 days).

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