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Syslog-ngvstraefik-crowdsec-bouncer

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

Syslog-ngtraefik-crowdsec-bouncer
Score66/10041/100
Rank in category#3 of 8 in Logging#64 of 78 in Security
GitHub stars2 386332
Stars, last 30 days+10—
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasesyslog-ng-4.12.0 · 16 Jun 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageCGo

Which one should you pick?

Syslog-ng scores 66/100 against 41/100 for traefik-crowdsec-bouncer, so it is the safer default.

Syslog-ng ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for traefik-crowdsec-bouncer.

Syslog-ng is growing faster right now (+10 stars in 30 days).

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