head to head · open source
Prometheus vs node-mongodb-native
Prometheus has 66,906 GitHub stars, 10,969 forks, 890 open issues and last shipped yesterday. node-mongodb-native has 10,171 stars, 1,819 forks, 25 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Prometheus leads on adoption by 558% (66,906 vs 10,171 stars). Prometheus is written in Go under Apache-2.0; node-mongodb-native is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. Prometheus has attracted 16% as many forks as stars, node-mongodb-native 18%. node-mongodb-native 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.
← all 20902 open source comparisons
Side by side
| Prometheus | node-mongodb-native | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 67K | ★ 10K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 11K | ⑂ 1.8K |
| 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 node-mongodb-native if
- You want the node-mongodb-native feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and node-mongodb-native 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…
read the full Prometheus overview →
About node-mongodb-native
MongoDB Node.js Driver The official MongoDB driver for Node.js. Upgrading to version 7? Take a look at our upgrade guide here! Quick Links Release Integrity Releases are created automatically and signed using the Node team's GPG key. All release packages provided as part of a GitHub release are signed. To verify the provided packages, download the key and import it using gpg: The GitHub release contains a detached signature file for the NPM package (named mongodb X.Y.Z.tgz.sig ). The following command returns the link npm package. Using the result of the above command, a curl command can return the official npm…
read the full node-mongodb-native overview →
More in Infrastructure & Operations
Related comparisons
More Databases projects
Compare either of these against the rest of the Databases field.
Frequently asked questions
Is Prometheus or node-mongodb-native more popular?
Prometheus has 66,906 GitHub stars and node-mongodb-native has 10,171. Prometheus has the larger community by that measure.
Are Prometheus and node-mongodb-native free?
Both are open source. Prometheus is licensed under Apache-2.0 and node-mongodb-native under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Prometheus and node-mongodb-native?
Prometheus is written in Go and node-mongodb-native 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, Prometheus or node-mongodb-native?
Choose Prometheus if you want the larger community (66,906 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose node-mongodb-native if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.