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SigNoz vs otelbin
SigNoz has 32,146 GitHub stars, 2,497 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped today. otelbin has 579 stars, 28 forks, 53 open issues and last shipped yesterday. SigNoz leads on adoption by 5,452% (32,146 vs 579 stars). SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; otelbin is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. SigNoz has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, otelbin 5%. SigNoz was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (metrics, 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 | otelbin | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 579 |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.5K | ⑂ 28 |
| 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 otelbin if
- You want the otelbin feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and otelbin 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 otelbin
OTelBin is a browser based editor and verifier for OpenTelemetry Collector pipeline configuration, built for engineers and platform teams who write, review, or document collector configs and need to see what a pipeline actually wires together before it runs.
read the full otelbin overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or otelbin more popular?
SigNoz has 32,146 GitHub stars and otelbin has 579. SigNoz has the larger community by that measure.
Are SigNoz and otelbin free?
Both are open source. SigNoz has no licence declared in this registry, and otelbin is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between SigNoz and otelbin?
SigNoz is written in TypeScript and otelbin 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 otelbin?
Choose SigNoz if you want the larger community (32,146 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose otelbin if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.