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jumpservervsSyslog-ng

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

jumpserverSyslog-ng
Score77/10066/100
Rank in category#1 of 19 in Identity & Auth#3 of 8 in Logging
GitHub stars31 8562 386
Stars, last 30 days+255+10
Stable releases, 12 months142
Latest releasev3.10.24 · 27 Oct 2026syslog-ng-4.12.0 · 16 Jun 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languagePythonC

Which one should you pick?

jumpserver scores 77/100 against 66/100 for Syslog-ng, so it is the safer default.

jumpserver ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for Syslog-ng.

jumpserver is growing faster right now (+255 stars in 30 days).

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