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Prometheus vs mall-swarm
Prometheus has 66,906 GitHub stars, 10,969 forks, 890 open issues and last shipped yesterday. mall-swarm has 13,195 stars, 5,535 forks, 10 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Prometheus leads on adoption by 407% (66,906 vs 13,195 stars). Prometheus is written in Go under Apache-2.0; mall-swarm is written in Java under Apache-2.0. Prometheus has attracted 16% as many forks as stars, mall-swarm 42%. Prometheus 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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| Prometheus | mall-swarm | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 67K | ★ 13K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Java |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-07-31 |
| Forks | ⑂ 11K | ⑂ 5.5K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Prometheus if
- You weight community size — 67K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick mall-swarm if
- You want the mall-swarm 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 mall-swarm fits your workflow better
About Prometheus
Prometheus Visit prometheus.io for the full documentation, examples and guides. [ ][quay] [ ][hub] Prometheus, a Cloud Native Computing Foundation project, is a systems and service monitoring system. It collects metrics from configured targets at given intervals, evaluates rule expressions, displays the results, and can trigger alerts when specified conditions are observed. The features that distinguish Prometheus from other metrics and monitoring systems are: A multi dimensional data model (time series defined by metric name and set of key/value dimensions) PromQL, a powerful and flexible query language to…
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About mall-swarm
mall swarm 友情提示 1. 快速体验项目 ：在线访问地址 。 2. 全套学习教程 ：《mall swarm微服务学习教程》 。 3. 视频教程 ：《mall swarm视频教程》 。 4. Spring Cloud全套教程 ：《SpringCloud学习教程》 。 5. 分支说明 ： master 分支基于Spring Cloud 2025+Spring Boot 3.5， dev v2 分支基于Spring Cloud 2021+Spring Boot 2.7。 项目简介 mall swarm 是一套微服务商城系统，采用了 Spring Cloud 2025 & Alibaba、Spring Boot 3.5、Sa Token、MyBatis、Elasticsearch、Docker、Kubernetes等核心技术，同时提供了基于Vue的管理后台方便快速搭建系统。 mall swarm 在电商业务的基础集成了注册中心、配置中心、监控中心、网关等系统功能。文档齐全，附带全套Spring Cloud教程。 项目演示 后台管理系统 前端项目 mall admin web 地址： 项目演示地址： 前台商城系统 前端项目 mall app web 地址： 项目演示地址（将浏览器切换为手机模式效果更佳）： 项目架构 系统架构 业务架构 组织结构 技术选型 后端技术 前端技术 移动端技术 环境搭建 开发环境 搭建步骤…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Prometheus or mall-swarm more popular?
Prometheus has 66,906 GitHub stars and mall-swarm has 13,195. Prometheus has the larger community by that measure.
Are Prometheus and mall-swarm free?
Both are open source. Prometheus is licensed under Apache-2.0 and mall-swarm under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Prometheus and mall-swarm?
Prometheus is written in Go and mall-swarm 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, Prometheus or mall-swarm?
Choose Prometheus if you want the larger community (66,906 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose mall-swarm if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.