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elasticsearchvsMQTTX Web

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

elasticsearchMQTTX Web
Score83/10067/100
Rank in category#2 of 41 in Search Engines#3 of 10 in IoT
GitHub stars78 4205 086
Stars, last 30 days+451+22
Stable releases, 12 months323
Latest releasev9.5.5 · 6 Oct 2026v1.13.2 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

elasticsearch scores 83/100 against 67/100 for MQTTX Web, so it is the safer default.

elasticsearch ships more often: 32 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for MQTTX Web.

If you want the quickest setup, MQTTX Web is easier to run; elasticsearch needs more configuration.

elasticsearch is growing faster right now (+451 stars in 30 days).

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