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SigNoz vs HyperDX
SigNoz has 32,120 GitHub stars, 2,494 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped today. HyperDX has 9,897 stars, 469 forks, 187 open issues and last shipped yesterday. SigNoz leads on adoption by 225% (32,120 vs 9,897 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 | ★ 32K | ★ 9.9K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.5K | ⑂ 469 |
| 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 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
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 HyperDX
HyperDX is an open source observability platform that unifies session replays, logs, metrics, traces, and errors. It is built on ClickHouse and OpenTelemetry, and it is positioned as a core component of ClickStack. The project lives in the open source infrastructure and operations ecosystem, especially around log management, application monitoring, frontend monitoring, Kubernetes, and APM.
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or HyperDX more popular?
SigNoz has 32,120 GitHub stars and HyperDX has 9,897. 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 (32,120 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose HyperDX if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.