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rsyslogvsShinobi

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

rsyslogShinobi
Score67/10066/100
Rank in category#2 of 8 in Logging#3 of 24 in Video Surveillance
GitHub stars2 343—
Stars, last 30 days+7—
Stable releases, 12 months40
Latest releasev8.2610.0 · 20 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseLGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageC—

Which one should you pick?

rsyslog scores 67/100 against 66/100 for Shinobi, so it is the safer default.

rsyslog ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Shinobi.

rsyslog is growing faster right now (+7 stars in 30 days).

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