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SigNoz vs Cachet
SigNoz has 32,116 GitHub stars, 2,493 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Cachet has 15,242 stars, 1,632 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped yesterday. SigNoz leads on adoption by 111% (32,116 vs 15,242 stars). SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; Cachet is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence. SigNoz has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, Cachet 11%. SigNoz 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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| SigNoz | Cachet | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 15K |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.5K | ⑂ 1.6K |
| 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 Cachet if
- You want the Cachet feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and Cachet 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 Cachet
Cachet is an open source, self hosted status page system. It lives in the PHP and Laravel ecosystem, and it is categorized under Infrastructure and Operations and Monitoring and Observability. The project is intended for teams that need a dedicated place to communicate service status and downtime in a transparent way.
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or Cachet more popular?
SigNoz has 32,116 GitHub stars and Cachet has 15,242. SigNoz has the larger community by that measure.
Are SigNoz and Cachet free?
Neither SigNoz nor Cachet declares a licence in this registry, so check each project's own repository before relying on either for a commercial use. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between SigNoz and Cachet?
SigNoz is written in TypeScript and Cachet in PHP. 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 Cachet?
Choose SigNoz if you want the larger community (32,116 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Cachet if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.