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mitmproxyvsWatchYourPorts

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

mitmproxyWatchYourPorts
Score86/10041/100
Rank in category#1 of 48 in Network Monitoring#39 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars46 459206
Stars, last 30 days+1 324—
Stable releases, 12 months50
Latest releasev12.3.1 · 25 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

mitmproxy scores 86/100 against 41/100 for WatchYourPorts, so it is the safer default.

mitmproxy ships more often: 5 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for WatchYourPorts.

mitmproxy is growing faster right now (+1 324 stars in 30 days).

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