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SigNoz vs gloc
SigNoz has 32,146 GitHub stars, 2,497 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped today. gloc has 653 stars, 46 forks, 10 open issues and last shipped 11 months ago. SigNoz leads on adoption by 4,823% (32,146 vs 653 stars). SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; gloc is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0. SigNoz has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, gloc 7%. SigNoz was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (metrics), 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 | gloc | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 653 |
| License | Custom / other | GPL-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2025-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.5K | ⑂ 46 |
| 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 gloc if
- You want the gloc feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and gloc 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 gloc
GLOC, short for GitHub Lines of Code Counter, is a free GPL 2.0 licensed TypeScript browser extension for Chrome, Opera, Firefox, and Edge that overlays approximate lines of code totals onto GitHub pages, aimed at developers and teams who want a quick size signal for a repository without cloning it or running a local counter.
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or gloc more popular?
SigNoz has 32,146 GitHub stars and gloc has 653. SigNoz has the larger community by that measure.
Are SigNoz and gloc free?
Both are open source. SigNoz has no licence declared in this registry, and gloc is licensed under GPL-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between SigNoz and gloc?
SigNoz is written in TypeScript and gloc 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, SigNoz or gloc?
Choose SigNoz if you want the larger community (32,146 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose gloc if its feature set, stack or GPL-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.