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SigNoz vs HyperDX
SigNoz has 32,509 GitHub stars, 2,573 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped yesterday. HyperDX has 9,985 stars, 510 forks, 187 open issues and last shipped yesterday. SigNoz leads on adoption by 226% (32,509 vs 9,985 stars). SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; HyperDX is written in TypeScript under MIT. SigNoz has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, HyperDX 5%. SigNoz was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 5 topic tags (apm, application-monitoring, logs, 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 | HyperDX | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 33K | ★ 10.0K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.6K | ⑂ 510 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick SigNoz if
- You weight community size — 33K 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 HyperDX if
- You want the HyperDX feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and HyperDX fits your workflow better
About SigNoz
中文 · Deutsch · Português SigNoz is an open source observability platform built on OpenTelemetry. We’re building an enterprise grade alternative to fragmented monitoring stacks, with logs, metrics, traces, alerts, and dashboards in one place. Choose how to run SigNoz SigNoz Cloud (Recommended) Fully managed SigNoz with a 30 day free trial, no credit card required, usage based pricing that starts at $49, and regional data hosting. Start free → Enterprise Enterprise Cloud, BYOC, or Enterprise Self Hosted with compliance, support, custom retention, RBAC, ingestion controls, data residency, and region selection…
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About HyperDX
HyperDX HyperDX, a core component of ClickStack, helps engineers quickly figure out why production is broken by making it easy to search & visualize logs and traces on top of any ClickHouse cluster (imagine Kibana, for ClickHouse). Documentation • Chat on Discord • Live Demo • Bug Reports • Contributing • Website 🕵️ Correlate/search logs, metrics, session replays and traces all in one place 📝 Schema agnostic, works on top of your existing ClickHouse schema 🔥 Blazing fast searches & visualizations optimized for ClickHouse 🔍 Intuitive full text search and property search syntax (ex. level:err ), SQL optional!…
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or HyperDX more popular?
SigNoz has 32,509 GitHub stars and HyperDX has 9,985. SigNoz has the larger community by that measure.
Are SigNoz and HyperDX free?
Both are open source. SigNoz has no licence declared in this registry, and HyperDX is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between SigNoz and HyperDX?
SigNoz is written in TypeScript and HyperDX 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 HyperDX?
Choose SigNoz if you want the larger community (32,509 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose HyperDX if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.