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redroidvsTraceRoot

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

redroidTraceRoot
Score57/10058/100
Rank in category#4 of 5 in Emulation#11 of 51 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars7 0551 145
Stars, last 30 days+3+33
Stable releases, 12 months010
Latest release—v1.3.3 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
License—Other
Main languageShellTypescript

Which one should you pick?

TraceRoot scores 58/100 against 57/100 for redroid, so it is the safer default.

TraceRoot ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for redroid.

If you want the quickest setup, redroid is easier to run; TraceRoot needs more configuration.

TraceRoot is growing faster right now (+33 stars in 30 days).

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