Sipcapture Homer by sipcapture

HOMER - 100% Open-Source SIP, VoIP, RTC Packet Capture & Monitoring

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Verdict 64/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty

Self-host Sipcapture Homer on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
64 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
1.9k
252 forks

About Sipcapture Homer

From the project's README at github.com/sipcapture/homer. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

[](http://sipcapture.org) 100% Open-Source VoIP Capture, Troubleshooting & Monitoring What is HOMER?

HOMER is a robust, carrier-grade, scalable SIP Capture system and VoiP Monitoring Application offering HEP/EEP, IP Proto4 (IPIP) encapsulation & port mirroring/monitoring support right out of the box, ready to process & store insane amounts of signaling, logs and statistics with instant search, end-to-end analysis and drill-down capabilities for ITSPs, VoIP Providers and Trunk Suppliers using SIP signaling protocol.

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
77
maturity
30
community
94
security
70
sustainability
88
adoption
29

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 1.9k github.com/sipcapture/homer
GitHub forks 252 github.com/sipcapture/homer

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age12.1 yearssince Mar 2014
Last commit5 days agoMay 1, 2026
Funding links3declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Ready to self-host Sipcapture Homer?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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