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worldmonitor vs monolog
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars, 13,147 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped yesterday. monolog has 21,406 stars, 1,910 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped 9 days ago. worldmonitor leads on adoption by 305% (86,684 vs 21,406 stars). worldmonitor is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; monolog is written in PHP under MIT. worldmonitor has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, monolog 9%. worldmonitor 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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| worldmonitor | monolog | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 87K | ★ 21K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 1.9K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick worldmonitor if
- You weight community size — 87K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick monolog if
- You want the monolog feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and monolog fits your workflow better
About worldmonitor
World Monitor is an open source, real time global intelligence dashboard in TypeScript that aggregates news with AI, monitors geopolitics and infrastructure, and unifies all of it into a single situational awareness interface for analysts, journalists, researchers, and operations teams who need cross domain awareness they can self host.
read the full worldmonitor overview →
About monolog
Monolog is a logging library for PHP that sends log records to files, sockets, inboxes, databases, and various web services. It ships with the handlers, formatters, and processors needed to route records where they belong, and special handlers allow more advanced logging strategies than a single output stream. The library lives in the PHP ecosystem and is distributed through Packagist as monolog/monolog . It is released under the MIT license and has been developed for sixteen years, with more than twenty one thousand stars and roughly nineteen hundred forks on GitHub.
read the full monolog overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is worldmonitor or monolog more popular?
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars and monolog has 21,406. worldmonitor has the larger community by that measure.
Are worldmonitor and monolog free?
Both are open source. worldmonitor is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and monolog under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between worldmonitor and monolog?
worldmonitor is written in TypeScript and monolog in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, worldmonitor or monolog?
Choose worldmonitor if you want the larger community (86,684 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose monolog if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.