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ThingsboardvsTracefinity

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

ThingsboardTracefinity
Score76/10051/100
Rank in category#1 of 10 in IoT#12 of 22 in 3D Printing
GitHub stars22 615721
Stars, last 30 days+145—
Stable releases, 12 months2410
Latest releasev4.3.1.8 · 27 Oct 20260.10.1 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

Thingsboard scores 76/100 against 51/100 for Tracefinity, so it is the safer default.

Thingsboard ships more often: 24 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for Tracefinity.

If you want the quickest setup, Tracefinity is easier to run; Thingsboard needs more configuration.

Thingsboard is growing faster right now (+145 stars in 30 days).

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