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SigNoz vs minitrace-rust
SigNoz has 32,545 GitHub stars, 2,581 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. minitrace-rust has 750 stars, 46 forks, 13 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. SigNoz leads on adoption by 4,239% (32,545 vs 750 stars). SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; minitrace-rust is written in Rust under Apache-2.0. SigNoz has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, minitrace-rust 6%. SigNoz was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (jaeger), 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 | minitrace-rust | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 33K | ★ 750 |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-11-07 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.6K | ⑂ 46 |
| 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 minitrace-rust if
- You want the minitrace-rust feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and minitrace-rust 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 minitrace-rust
minitrace has become fastrace! We decide to continue the development of minitrace under a new organization structure for better community governance. fastrace is maintained by the same maintainers of minitrace, so that we encourage all users to just migrate. Meanwhile, minitrace will not be maintained any more. See for details. Migrate to fastrace Simply substitute the occurance of minitrace with fastrace in your source code, like:
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or minitrace-rust more popular?
SigNoz has 32,545 GitHub stars and minitrace-rust has 750. SigNoz has the larger community by that measure.
Are SigNoz and minitrace-rust free?
Both are open source. SigNoz has no licence declared in this registry, and minitrace-rust is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between SigNoz and minitrace-rust?
SigNoz is written in TypeScript and minitrace-rust in Rust. 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 minitrace-rust?
Choose SigNoz if you want the larger community (32,545 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose minitrace-rust if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.