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ExcaliDashvsMeshSense

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

ExcaliDashMeshSense
Score58/10051/100
Rank in category#3 of 9 in Whiteboarding#21 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars1 701543
Stars, last 30 days+118+0
Stable releases, 12 months80
Latest releasev0.6.6 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseLGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

ExcaliDash scores 58/100 against 51/100 for MeshSense, so it is the safer default.

ExcaliDash ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for MeshSense.

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

ExcaliDash is growing faster right now (+118 stars in 30 days).

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