beelzebub vs NetAlertX

Both are self-hosted network utilities projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

NetAlertX scores 81 against beelzebub's 59, putting it clearly ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume and a larger community. That measures project health, not feature fit — beelzebub may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	beelzebub	NetAlertX
Health score	59/100	81/100
Commits (11 mo)	95	1213
Commits (last 3 mo)	33	298
Stars	2.2k	7.2k
Latest release	23 Sept 2026	2 Sept 2026
Licence	MIT	GPL-3.0
Built with	Docker, K8S, Go	Docker
Typical RAM	1 GB	1 GB

beelzebub

Honeypot framework designed to provide a highly secure environment for detecting and analyzing cyber attacks.

59/100

Steady

Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.

Maintenance 12/40

Releases 25/25

Community 10/20

Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 29% of tracked projects; popularity more than 51%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

NetAlertX

Network intruder and presence detector. Scans for devices connected to your network and alerts you if new and unknown devices are found.

81/100

Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 33/40

Releases 25/25

Community 15/20

Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 82% of tracked projects; popularity more than 74%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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