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huginn vs javamelody
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars, 4,339 forks, 698 open issues and last shipped yesterday. javamelody has 3,045 stars, 751 forks, 42 open issues and last shipped 24 days ago. huginn leads on adoption by 1,551% (50,269 vs 3,045 stars). huginn is written in Ruby under MIT; javamelody is written in Java under Apache-2.0. huginn has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, javamelody 25%. huginn was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (monitoring), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| huginn | javamelody | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 50K | ★ 3.0K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Ruby | Java |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.3K | ⑂ 751 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick huginn if
- You weight community size — 50K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick javamelody if
- You want the javamelody feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You evaluated both and javamelody fits your workflow better
About huginn
What is Huginn? Huginn is a system for building agents that perform automated tasks for you online. They can read the web, watch for events, and take actions on your behalf. Huginn's Agents create and consume events, propagating them along a directed graph. Think of it as a hackable version of IFTTT or Zapier on your own server. You always know who has your data. You do. Here are some of the things that you can do with Huginn: Track the weather and get an email when it's going to rain (or snow) tomorrow ("Don't forget your umbrella!") List terms that you care about and receive email when their occurrence on…
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About javamelody
JavaMelody ========================= The goal of JavaMelody is to monitor Java or Java EE applications in QA and production environments. See the Project Home, Screenshots, User's guide and Release notes in the wiki, or see downloads in Releases, Issues and Pull requests. License Apache 2.0
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Frequently asked questions
Is huginn or javamelody more popular?
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars and javamelody has 3,045. huginn has the larger community by that measure.
Are huginn and javamelody free?
Both are open source. huginn is licensed under MIT and javamelody under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between huginn and javamelody?
huginn is written in Ruby and javamelody in Java. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, huginn or javamelody?
Choose huginn if you want the larger community (50,269 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose javamelody if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.