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rsyslogvsUnifi-Network-Application

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

rsyslogUnifi-Network-Application
Score67/10042/100
Rank in category#2 of 8 in Logging#26 of 34 in Network Management
GitHub stars2 344195
Stars, last 30 days+8+0
Stable releases, 12 months40
Latest releasev8.2610.0 · 20 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseLGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageCShell

Which one should you pick?

rsyslog scores 67/100 against 42/100 for Unifi-Network-Application, so it is the safer default.

rsyslog ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Unifi-Network-Application.

If you want the quickest setup, Unifi-Network-Application is easier to run; rsyslog needs more configuration.

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

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