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HyperDX vs Shynet
A side-by-side editorial comparison of HyperDX and Shynet — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
HyperDX vs Shynet: at a glance
What is HyperDX?
HyperDX patches its collector for an MPTCP CVE days after adding OTel session replay.
HyperDX 2.43 plays session replays from OpenTelemetry browser SDKs and passes alert tags into webhook bodies, and its 2.43.1 collector disables Multipath TCP to mitigate CVE-2026-98432. The bundled ClickHouse is now pinned for a security fix. The week before, CLI 0.8 added dashboard and saved-search authoring and the API started handling PromQL tiles.
What is Shynet?
Shynet went silent for two and a half years and a security audit is what woke it up.
Shynet's most recent release closes two externally reported vulnerabilities: a wildcard ALLOWED_HOSTS default enabling password reset poisoning, and stored XSS in two template filters, both credited to an outside security firm. It arrived after a gap of roughly two and a half years, and the release before it was a temporary dependency install workaround. The dashboard features people associate with the project — the annotated world map, the map-versus-table toggle — all date from 2021.
HyperDX vs Shynet: editorial side-by-side
HyperDX
5.0ANALYTICS
HyperDX patches its collector for an MPTCP CVE days after adding OTel session replay.
◆ Current state
HyperDX 2.43 plays session replays from OpenTelemetry browser SDKs and passes alert tags into webhook bodies, and its 2.43.1 collector disables Multipath TCP to mitigate CVE-2026-98432. The bundled ClickHouse is now pinned for a security fix. The week before, CLI 0.8 added dashboard and saved-search authoring and the API started handling PromQL tiles.
◆ Where it's heading
HyperDX is making dashboards and alerts manageable from outside the UI, through the CLI, the API and MCP, while leaning on OpenTelemetry standards instead of its own SDKs. Recent patch releases also show more attention to the security of self-hosted images.
◆ Prediction
Expect session replay to cover more OpenTelemetry browser events and alert tags to reach more webhook templates. The pace of weekly minor releases should continue.
Shynet
0.0ANALYTICS
Shynet went silent for two and a half years and a security audit is what woke it up.
◆ Current state
Shynet's most recent release closes two externally reported vulnerabilities: a wildcard ALLOWED_HOSTS default enabling password reset poisoning, and stored XSS in two template filters, both credited to an outside security firm. It arrived after a gap of roughly two and a half years, and the release before it was a temporary dependency install workaround. The dashboard features people associate with the project — the annotated world map, the map-versus-table toggle — all date from 2021.
◆ Where it's heading
The arc is a project that had real community momentum and then stopped. In 2021 releases were arriving monthly and were, by the maintainer's own note, driven entirely by contributors; by 2023 the content was dependabot bumps and build workarounds; after that, nothing until a security report forced a response. Nothing in the recent entry suggests development resumed more broadly — it is a targeted fix release, not a return to cadence.
◆ Prediction
These entries give no basis for expecting feature work to resume; the realistic expectation is that the next release, whenever it comes, is again driven by an external security report or a dependency that stops installing.
Alternatives to HyperDX and Shynet
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either HyperDX or Shynet.
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Rho
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Displayr
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Calibre
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Plausible
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Recent activity from HyperDX and Shynet
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoHyperDXHyperDX app 2.43.1 version bump
- 2d agoHyperDXotel-collector 2.43.1 disables MPTCP to mitigate a CVE
- 4d agoHyperDXHyperDX 2.43: OTel session replay, alert tags in webhooks
- 4d agoHyperDXHyperDX common-utils 0.33.0 shared package release
- 4d agoHyperDXHyperDX API 2.43: alert tags and pinned ClickHouse
- 11d agoHyperDXHyperDX CLI 0.8 adds dashboard and saved-search authoring
- 7mo agoShynetSecurity and dependency updates
- 3y agoShynetFix Cython/crypto build issues
- 3y agoShynetStability and performance improvements
- 5y agoShynetBug fixes and reliability improvements
- 5y agoShynetDashboard improvements, bug fixes, and upstream security improvements
- 5y agoShynetDeploy using GitHub actions
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between HyperDX and Shynet?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. HyperDX is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is HyperDX better than Shynet?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. HyperDX is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to HyperDX?
Top HyperDX alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "HyperDX alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/hyperdx for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Shynet?
Top Shynet alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Shynet alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/shynet for the full list with editorial commentary on each.