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Prometheus vs sequelize
Prometheus has 66,106 GitHub stars, 10,840 forks, 890 open issues and last shipped yesterday. sequelize has 30,362 stars, 4,341 forks, 1,080 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Prometheus leads on adoption by 118% (66,106 vs 30,362 stars). Prometheus is written in Go under Apache-2.0; sequelize is written in TypeScript under MIT. Prometheus has attracted 16% as many forks as stars, sequelize 14%. sequelize 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 | sequelize | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 66K | ★ 30K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 11K | ⑂ 4.3K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Prometheus if
- You weight community size — 66K 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 sequelize if
- You want the sequelize feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and sequelize fits your workflow better
About Prometheus
Prometheus is an open source monitoring system and time series database, part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation ecosystem. It collects metrics from configured targets at defined intervals, evaluates alerting rules, and visualizes results. Designed for reliability in dynamic environments, it operates without reliance on distributed storage, ensuring each server node functions independently.
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About sequelize
Sequelize is a promise based object relational mapping tool for Node.js, written in TypeScript and distributed under the MIT license. It maps JavaScript and TypeScript objects onto relational tables, so application code works with models and relations instead of hand written SQL strings. The package is published on npm as @sequelize/core , documentation lives at sequelize.org, and the project has existed for roughly sixteen years with about 30,000 stars and 4,300 forks on GitHub. It belongs to the Node.js ecosystem, where it occupies the ORM layer between an application and its database driver.…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Prometheus or sequelize more popular?
Prometheus has 66,106 GitHub stars and sequelize has 30,362. Prometheus has the larger community by that measure.
Are Prometheus and sequelize free?
Both are open source. Prometheus is licensed under Apache-2.0 and sequelize under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Prometheus and sequelize?
Prometheus is written in Go and sequelize 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 sequelize?
Choose Prometheus if you want the larger community (66,106 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose sequelize if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.