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NetData vs Maple
NetData has 80,561 GitHub stars, 6,630 forks, 393 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Maple has 1,783 stars, 119 forks, 29 open issues and last shipped yesterday. NetData leads on adoption by 4,418% (80,561 vs 1,783 stars). NetData is written in Go under GPL-3.0; Maple is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. NetData has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, Maple 7%. Maple 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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| NetData | Maple | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 81K | ★ 1.8K |
| License | GPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.6K | ⑂ 119 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick NetData if
- You weight community size — 81K stars and counting
- You want the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Maple if
- You want the Maple feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Maple fits your workflow better
About NetData
Netdata is an open source, real time infrastructure monitoring platform written in Go and released under GPL 3.0, built for operators and lean teams who need per second visibility across Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and Windows systems.
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About Maple
Maple is an open source observability platform for traces, logs, and metrics, and it lives in the OpenTelemetry ecosystem within the Infrastructure & Operations / Monitoring & Observability category. The project is built on OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse, and the repository is organized as a TypeScript monorepo with a single page application frontend and an Effect based backend API.
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Frequently asked questions
Is NetData or Maple more popular?
NetData has 80,561 GitHub stars and Maple has 1,783. NetData has the larger community by that measure.
Are NetData and Maple free?
Both are open source. NetData is licensed under GPL-3.0, and Maple has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between NetData and Maple?
NetData is written in Go and Maple 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, NetData or Maple?
Choose NetData if you want the larger community (80,561 stars) or its GPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Maple if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.