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MQTTX WebvsWagtail

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

MQTTX WebWagtail
Score67/10079/100
Rank in category#3 of 10 in IoT#3 of 42 in Content Management
GitHub stars5 08620 593
Stars, last 30 days+22+88
Stable releases, 12 months319
Latest releasev1.13.2 · 26 Oct 2026v8.0.1 · 20 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0BSD-3-Clause
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Wagtail scores 79/100 against 67/100 for MQTTX Web, so it is the safer default.

Wagtail ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for MQTTX Web.

If you want the quickest setup, MQTTX Web is easier to run; Wagtail needs more configuration.

Wagtail is growing faster right now (+88 stars in 30 days).

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