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huginn vs SigNoz
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars, 4,339 forks, 698 open issues and last shipped yesterday. SigNoz has 32,509 stars, 2,573 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped yesterday. huginn leads on adoption by 55% (50,269 vs 32,509 stars). huginn is written in Ruby under MIT; SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. huginn has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, SigNoz 8%. SigNoz 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 | SigNoz | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 50K | ★ 33K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | Ruby | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.3K | ⑂ 2.6K |
| 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 SigNoz if
- You want the SigNoz feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and SigNoz 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 SigNoz
中文 · Deutsch · Português SigNoz is an open source observability platform built on OpenTelemetry. We’re building an enterprise grade alternative to fragmented monitoring stacks, with logs, metrics, traces, alerts, and dashboards in one place. Choose how to run SigNoz SigNoz Cloud (Recommended) Fully managed SigNoz with a 30 day free trial, no credit card required, usage based pricing that starts at $49, and regional data hosting. Start free → Enterprise Enterprise Cloud, BYOC, or Enterprise Self Hosted with compliance, support, custom retention, RBAC, ingestion controls, data residency, and region selection…
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Frequently asked questions
Is huginn or SigNoz more popular?
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars and SigNoz has 32,509. huginn has the larger community by that measure.
Are huginn and SigNoz free?
Both are open source. huginn is licensed under MIT, and SigNoz has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between huginn and SigNoz?
huginn is written in Ruby and SigNoz in TypeScript. 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 SigNoz?
Choose huginn if you want the larger community (50,269 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose SigNoz if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.