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SigNoz vs elastdocker
SigNoz has 32,146 GitHub stars, 2,497 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped today. elastdocker has 2,066 stars, 338 forks, 4 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. SigNoz leads on adoption by 1,456% (32,146 vs 2,066 stars). SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; elastdocker is written in Dockerfile under MIT. SigNoz has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, elastdocker 16%. SigNoz was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (observability), 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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| SigNoz | elastdocker | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 2.1K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Dockerfile |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-07-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.5K | ⑂ 338 |
| 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 elastdocker if
- You want the elastdocker feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Dockerfile
- You evaluated both and elastdocker 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.
read the full SigNoz overview →
About elastdocker
elastdocker is a Docker Compose composition that runs the Elastic Stack (ELK) version 9.4.2 — Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, and the supporting components — preconfigured with security, self monitoring, and tooling for logging, metrics, APM, alerting, machine learning, and SIEM, aimed at developers and small teams who want the full stack running with a single command instead of wiring it together by hand.
read the full elastdocker overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or elastdocker more popular?
SigNoz has 32,146 GitHub stars and elastdocker has 2,066. SigNoz has the larger community by that measure.
Are SigNoz and elastdocker free?
Both are open source. SigNoz has no licence declared in this registry, and elastdocker is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between SigNoz and elastdocker?
SigNoz is written in TypeScript and elastdocker in Dockerfile. 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 elastdocker?
Choose SigNoz if you want the larger community (32,146 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose elastdocker if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.