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rpi-mqtt-monitorvsSecPi

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

rpi-mqtt-monitorSecPi
Score51/10042/100
Rank in category#58 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#84 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars329262
Stars, last 30 days+1+1
Stable releases, 12 months80
Latest release1.4.3 · 18 Jun 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

rpi-mqtt-monitor scores 51/100 against 42/100 for SecPi, so it is the safer default.

rpi-mqtt-monitor ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SecPi.

If you want the quickest setup, rpi-mqtt-monitor is easier to run; SecPi needs more configuration.

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