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SigNoz vs pinpoint
SigNoz has 32,146 GitHub stars, 2,497 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped today. pinpoint has 13,872 stars, 3,749 forks, 543 open issues and last shipped yesterday. SigNoz leads on adoption by 132% (32,146 vs 13,872 stars). SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; pinpoint is written in Java under Apache-2.0. SigNoz has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, pinpoint 27%. SigNoz was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (apm, distributed-tracing, 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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| SigNoz | pinpoint | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 14K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Java |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.5K | ⑂ 3.7K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick SigNoz if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick pinpoint if
- You want the pinpoint feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You evaluated both and pinpoint fits your workflow better
About SigNoz
SigNoz is an open source, OpenTelemetry native observability platform for cloud native applications. It unifies logs, metrics, traces, alerts, and dashboards into a single tool, replacing fragmented monitoring stacks with a correlated signal pipeline. It lives in the observability ecosystem alongside tools like Prometheus, Jaeger, and Grafana, and is positioned as an open alternative to Datadog.
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About pinpoint
Pinpoint is an open source Application Performance Management (APM) tool built for large scale distributed systems. It is written primarily in Java and also supports applications written in PHP and Python through a separate agent repository. Inspired by Google's Dapper, it provides a way to analyze the overall structure of a system and how the components inside it are interconnected by tracing transactions across distributed applications. The project lives in the Java ecosystem, is licensed under Apache 2.0, and has been developed for around twelve years, with its current stable release being v3.1.0.…
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or pinpoint more popular?
SigNoz has 32,146 GitHub stars and pinpoint has 13,872. SigNoz has the larger community by that measure.
Are SigNoz and pinpoint free?
Both are open source. SigNoz has no licence declared in this registry, and pinpoint is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between SigNoz and pinpoint?
SigNoz is written in TypeScript and pinpoint in Java. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, SigNoz or pinpoint?
Choose SigNoz if you want the larger community (32,146 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose pinpoint if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.