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rpi-mqtt-monitorvsTypesense

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

rpi-mqtt-monitorTypesense
Score51/10079/100
Rank in category#58 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#6 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars32827 063
Stars, last 30 days—+477
Stable releases, 12 months84
Latest release1.4.3 · 18 Jun 2026v30.2 · 19 Apr 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languagePythonC

Which one should you pick?

Typesense scores 79/100 against 51/100 for rpi-mqtt-monitor, so it is the safer default.

rpi-mqtt-monitor ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for Typesense.

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

Typesense is growing faster right now (+477 stars in 30 days).

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