VERSIONCOMPARE.md
February 27, 2026 · View on GitHub
Comparison
To make it clearer how this version differs from the original project, I made this table.
| Pi.Alert (leiweibau) | Pi.Alert (original) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Security | Login | 🟢 | 🔴 |
| API-Key for API-Calls | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Journal (Frontend/Backend) | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Scans / Imports | Scan-Methodes | arp-scan, nmap, ping | arp-scan |
| Import-Methodes | Pi-hole 5.x / 6.x, dnsmasq, Fritz!Box, Microtik, UniFi, Asus Router, OpenWRT, pfSense | Pi-hole 5.x, dnsmasq | |
| Accuracy (arp-scan) | 1 cycle every 5 min with 6 retries | 1 cycle every 5 min with 6 retries 1 cycle every 15 min with much more retries | |
| Hostname detection | DNS mDNS NetBIOS | DNS | |
| Web Services / Monitoring | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| ICMP Monitoring (ping) | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Rogue DHCP Detection | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Ignorelist (MAC, Name, IP) | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Satellites (Remote Scan) | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| User Interface | Skins / Themes / Darkmode | 🟢 / 🟢 / 🟢 | 🟢 / 🔴 / 🔴 |
| FavIcon / Homescreen Icon | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Column configuration (Devicelist) | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Bulk Editor | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Network activity graph | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Config-File editor | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Multilanguage | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Network relationship page | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Custom predefined filters in the sidebar | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Exclude devices from presence page | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| System/Pi.Alert status page | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Dashboard | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Notifications | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Push Services | Pushover, Pushsaver, ntfy, Telegram, Discord | 🔴 | |
| Notifications on WebGui | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Notification test | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Download notifications as PDF | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| optional continuously notifications | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| MQTT Messages (general Status) | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| MQTT Messages per Device | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Maintenance | Backup / Restore Database | 🟢 | 🔴 |
| Backup / Restore Configfile | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Export / Download devices as CSV file | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| DB Cleanup | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Update Check (manual / automatically) | 🟢 / 🟢 | 🔴 / 🔴 | |
| Log-Viewer | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Misc | CLI Tool | 🟢 | 🔴 |
| API | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Wake-on-LAN | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Manual nmap Scan per device | 🟢 | 🔴 | |
| Speedtest (manual / automatically) | 🟢 / 🟢 | 🔴 / 🔴 | |
| Hotkeys | 🟢 | 🔴 |