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SigNoz vs phoenix_live_dashboard
SigNoz has 32,525 GitHub stars, 2,576 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped yesterday. phoenix_live_dashboard has 2,176 stars, 206 forks, 17 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. SigNoz leads on adoption by 1,395% (32,525 vs 2,176 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 9%. 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 | ★ 33K | ★ 2.2K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Elixir |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2026-09-16 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.6K | ⑂ 206 |
| 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 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
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 phoenix_live_dashboard
Phoenix LiveDashboard Online Documentation. LiveDashboard provides real time performance monitoring and debugging tools for Phoenix developers. It provides the following modules: Home See general information about the system OS Data See general information about OS, such as CPU, Memory and Disk usage Metrics See how your application performs under different conditions by visualizing :telemetry events with real time charts Request logging See everything that was logged for certain requests Applications See, filter, and search applications in the current node and view their processes in a supervision tree…
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or phoenix_live_dashboard more popular?
SigNoz has 32,525 GitHub stars and phoenix_live_dashboard has 2,176. 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 (32,525 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.