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metrics vs Keep
metrics has 17,202 GitHub stars, 2,275 forks, 68 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. Keep has 12,331 stars, 1,508 forks, 609 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. metrics leads on adoption by 40% (17,202 vs 12,331 stars). metrics is written in JavaScript under MIT; Keep is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence. metrics has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, Keep 12%. Keep 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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| metrics | Keep | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 17K | ★ 12K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | JavaScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-05-29 | 2026-09-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 1.5K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick metrics if
- You weight community size — 17K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Keep if
- You want the Keep feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and Keep fits your workflow better
About metrics
Metrics is an infographics generator for GitHub accounts, published under the MIT license and written in JavaScript. It lives in the GitHub ecosystem as a GitHub Action and as a hosted web service, and it produces statistics about a user, an organization, or a repository. The output is rendered as SVG, Markdown, PDF, or JSON, which means the same generated figures can be embedded in a profile readme, attached to a blog post, or consumed by another tool.
read the full metrics overview →
About Keep
Keep is the open source AIOps and alert management platform: a Python based single pane of glass that unifies alerts and incidents, deduplicates and enriches them, and automates response through declarative YAML workflows, aimed at the SRE, platform and on call teams that operate many monitoring tools at once.
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Frequently asked questions
Is metrics or Keep more popular?
metrics has 17,202 GitHub stars and Keep has 12,331. metrics has the larger community by that measure.
Are metrics and Keep free?
Both are open source. metrics is licensed under MIT, and Keep has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between metrics and Keep?
metrics is written in JavaScript and Keep in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, metrics or Keep?
Choose metrics if you want the larger community (17,202 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Keep if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.