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SigNoz vs phoenix_live_dashboard
SigNoz has 32,146 GitHub stars, 2,497 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped today. phoenix_live_dashboard has 2,171 stars, 208 forks, 17 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. SigNoz leads on adoption by 1,381% (32,146 vs 2,171 stars). SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; phoenix_live_dashboard is written in Elixir under MIT. SigNoz has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, phoenix_live_dashboard 10%. SigNoz was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (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 | phoenix_live_dashboard | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 2.2K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Elixir |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-16 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.5K | ⑂ 208 |
| 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 phoenix_live_dashboard if
- You want the phoenix_live_dashboard feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Elixir
- You evaluated both and phoenix_live_dashboard 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 phoenix_live_dashboard
Phoenix LiveDashboard is a real time performance monitoring and debugging dashboard for Phoenix developers, delivered as an Elixir library that renders metrics, request logging, and OS, VM, and storage insights inside an existing Phoenix application.
read the full phoenix_live_dashboard overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or phoenix_live_dashboard more popular?
SigNoz has 32,146 GitHub stars and phoenix_live_dashboard has 2,171. SigNoz has the larger community by that measure.
Are SigNoz and phoenix_live_dashboard free?
Both are open source. SigNoz has no licence declared in this registry, and phoenix_live_dashboard is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between SigNoz and phoenix_live_dashboard?
SigNoz is written in TypeScript and phoenix_live_dashboard in Elixir. 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 phoenix_live_dashboard?
Choose SigNoz if you want the larger community (32,146 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose phoenix_live_dashboard if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.