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MediaCMSvsprometheus-qbittorrent-exporter

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MediaCMSprometheus-qbittorrent-exporter
Score67/10047/100
Rank in category#2 of 3 in Video Hosting#70 of 104 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars5 171197
Stars, last 30 days+46+0
Stable releases, 12 months263
Latest releasev9.4.0 · 26 Oct 20261.8.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

MediaCMS scores 67/100 against 47/100 for prometheus-qbittorrent-exporter, so it is the safer default.

MediaCMS ships more often: 26 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for prometheus-qbittorrent-exporter.

If you want the quickest setup, prometheus-qbittorrent-exporter is easier to run; MediaCMS needs more configuration.

MediaCMS is growing faster right now (+46 stars in 30 days).

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