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jaeger vs open-multi-agent
jaeger has 23,223 GitHub stars, 3,122 forks, 547 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. open-multi-agent has 6,943 stars, 2,433 forks, 4 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. jaeger leads on adoption by 234% (23,223 vs 6,943 stars). jaeger is written in Go under Apache-2.0; open-multi-agent is written in TypeScript under MIT. jaeger has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, open-multi-agent 35%. open-multi-agent was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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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| jaeger | open-multi-agent | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 23K | ★ 6.9K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.1K | ⑂ 2.4K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick jaeger if
- You weight community size — 23K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick open-multi-agent if
- You want the open-multi-agent feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and open-multi-agent fits your workflow better
About jaeger
Jaeger is a distributed tracing platform hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), where it graduated as the 7th top level project in October 2019. It was originally created by Uber Technologies and then donated to the CNCF. The project is written in Go and released under the Apache 2.0 license, and it lives in the OpenTelemetry and observability ecosystem: it consumes traces from OpenTelemetry SDKs and reuses components from the OpenTelemetry Collector. Its repository carries topics including cncf, distributed tracing, jaeger, observability, opentelemetry and tracing, and the project is openly gove…
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About open-multi-agent
OMA (Open Multi Agent) is a self hosted TypeScript agent runtime for teams that need consequential agent actions to wait for durable, tamper evident approvals and every run to leave a record that can be verified offline, byte for byte.
read the full open-multi-agent overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is jaeger or open-multi-agent more popular?
jaeger has 23,223 GitHub stars and open-multi-agent has 6,943. jaeger has the larger community by that measure.
Are jaeger and open-multi-agent free?
Both are open source. jaeger is licensed under Apache-2.0 and open-multi-agent under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between jaeger and open-multi-agent?
jaeger is written in Go and open-multi-agent 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, jaeger or open-multi-agent?
Choose jaeger if you want the larger community (23,223 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose open-multi-agent if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.