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RetromvsTraceRoot

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

RetromTraceRoot
Score59/10058/100
Rank in category#3 of 5 in Emulation#11 of 51 in Monitoring & observability
GitHub stars2 1001 145
Stars, last 30 days+28+33
Stable releases, 12 months1010
Latest releasev0.8.4 · 14 Jun 2026v1.3.3 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Retrom scores 59/100 against 58/100 for TraceRoot, so it is the safer default.

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

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