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worldmonitor vs pinpoint
worldmonitor has 87,032 GitHub stars, 13,211 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped today. pinpoint has 13,872 stars, 3,749 forks, 543 open issues and last shipped yesterday. worldmonitor leads on adoption by 527% (87,032 vs 13,872 stars). worldmonitor is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; pinpoint is written in Java under Apache-2.0. worldmonitor has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, pinpoint 27%. worldmonitor was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (agent, 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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| worldmonitor | pinpoint | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 87K | ★ 14K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Java |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 3.7K |
| 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 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 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.
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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 worldmonitor or pinpoint more popular?
worldmonitor has 87,032 GitHub stars and pinpoint has 13,872. worldmonitor has the larger community by that measure.
Are worldmonitor and pinpoint free?
Both are open source. worldmonitor is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and pinpoint under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between worldmonitor and pinpoint?
worldmonitor 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, worldmonitor or pinpoint?
Choose worldmonitor if you want the larger community (87,032 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose pinpoint if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.