Carbon vs StatsD

Overview

StatsD

Stacks373

Followers293

Votes31

Carbon

Stacks61

Followers67

Votes0

GitHub Stars35.8K

Forks2.0K

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Detailed Comparison

StatsD	Carbon
It is a network daemon that runs on the Node.js platform and listens for statistics, like counters and timers, sent over UDP or TCP and sends aggregates to one or more pluggable backend services (e.g., Graphite).	It is the easiest way to create and share beautiful snippets of your code. Thousands of developers and designers use it for their tweets, blogs, presentations, books, websites, and more.
Network daemon; Runs on the Node.js platform; Sends aggregates to one or more pluggable backend services	Custom visual editor;Share as PNG/SVG;Embed snippets;Save snippets to the cloud;Load from GitHub Gists;Desktop/Offline support
Statistics
GitHub Stars -	GitHub Stars 35.8K
GitHub Forks -	GitHub Forks 2.0K
Stacks 373	Stacks 61
Followers 293	Followers 67
Votes 31	Votes 0
Pros & Cons
Pros 9 Open source 7 Single responsibility 5 Efficient wire format 3 Loads of integrations 3 Handles aggregation Cons 1 No authentication; cannot be used over Internet	No community feedback yet
Integrations
Node.js Docker Graphite	No integrations available

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Kibana

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