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SigNoz vs parca
SigNoz has 32,525 GitHub stars, 2,576 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped yesterday. parca has 5,006 stars, 271 forks, 206 open issues and last shipped yesterday. SigNoz leads on adoption by 550% (32,525 vs 5,006 stars). SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; parca is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. SigNoz has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, parca 5%. SigNoz was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (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 | parca | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 33K | ★ 5.0K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-04 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.6K | ⑂ 271 |
| 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 parca if
- You want the parca 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 parca 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 parca
Continuous profiling for analysis of CPU, memory usage over time, and down to the line number. Saving infrastructure cost, improving performance, and increasing reliability. Features eBPF Profiler : A single profiler, using eBPF, automatically discovering targets from Kubernetes or systemd across the entire infrastructure with very low overhead. Supports C, C++, Rust, Go, and more! Open Standards : Both producing pprof formatted profiles with the eBPF based profiler, and ingesting any pprof formatted profiles allowing for wide language adoption and interoperability with existing tooling. Optimized Storage &…
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or parca more popular?
SigNoz has 32,525 GitHub stars and parca has 5,006. SigNoz has the larger community by that measure.
Are SigNoz and parca free?
Both are open source. SigNoz has no licence declared in this registry, and parca is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between SigNoz and parca?
SigNoz is written in TypeScript and parca 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 parca?
Choose SigNoz if you want the larger community (32,525 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose parca if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.