Bencher vs Request Inbox

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

Bencher scores 71 against Request Inbox's 24, putting it clearly ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume and more recent releases. That measures project health, not feature fit — Request Inbox may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
BencherRequest Inbox
Health score 71/100 24/100
Commits (11 mo) 606 27
Commits (last 3 mo) 147 10
Stars 909 6
Latest release 18 Jul 2026 11 Oct 2025
Licence MIT, Apache-2.0 Apache-2.0
Built with Rust Docker
Typical RAM 1 GB 1 GB

Bencher

Suite of continuous benchmarking tools designed to catch performance regressions in CI.

71/100
Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 27/40
Releases 25/25
Community 7/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 68% of tracked projects; popularity more than 33%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 4 commits 2025-11: 89 commits 2025-12: 75 commits 2026-01: 98 commits 2026-02: 32 commits 2026-03: 62 commits 2026-04: 46 commits 2026-05: 53 commits 2026-06: 30 commits 2026-07: 31 commits 2026-08: 86 commits

Request Inbox

Collect and inspect HTTP requests for testing and debugging. Create and manage inboxes, capture detailed request data, configure custom responses.

24/100
At risk

Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.

Maintenance 5/40
Releases 11/25
Community 0/20
Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 13% of tracked projects; popularity in the bottom 1%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 0 commits 2025-11: 0 commits 2025-12: 0 commits 2026-01: 0 commits 2026-02: 0 commits 2026-03: 0 commits 2026-04: 11 commits 2026-05: 6 commits 2026-06: 3 commits 2026-07: 0 commits 2026-08: 7 commits

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.

See every option in this category: self-hosted software development - testing.