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rsyslogvsSpeedtest-for-InfluxDB-and-Grafana

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

rsyslogSpeedtest-for-InfluxDB-and-Grafana
Score67/10033/100
Rank in category#2 of 8 in Logging#46 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars2 344144
Stars, last 30 days+8—
Stable releases, 12 months40
Latest releasev8.2610.0 · 20 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseLGPL-3.0—
Main languageCPython

Which one should you pick?

rsyslog scores 67/100 against 33/100 for Speedtest-for-InfluxDB-and-Grafana, so it is the safer default.

rsyslog ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Speedtest-for-InfluxDB-and-Grafana.

If you want the quickest setup, Speedtest-for-InfluxDB-and-Grafana is easier to run; rsyslog needs more configuration.

rsyslog is growing faster right now (+8 stars in 30 days).

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