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meshpingvsNode RED

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

meshpingNode RED
Score47/10081/100
Rank in category#31 of 48 in Network Monitoring#1 of 26 in Automation
GitHub stars17023 791
Stars, last 30 days+0+106
Stable releases, 12 months021
Latest release—4.1.17 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languagePythonJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Node RED scores 81/100 against 47/100 for meshping, so it is the safer default.

Node RED ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for meshping.

Node RED is growing faster right now (+106 stars in 30 days).

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