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SigNoz vs PhpMetrics
SigNoz has 32,146 GitHub stars, 2,497 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped today. PhpMetrics has 2,612 stars, 261 forks, 4 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. SigNoz leads on adoption by 1,131% (32,146 vs 2,612 stars). SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; PhpMetrics is written in PHP under MIT. SigNoz has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, PhpMetrics 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 | PhpMetrics | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 2.6K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-08-21 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.5K | ⑂ 261 |
| 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 PhpMetrics if
- You want the PhpMetrics feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and PhpMetrics 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 PhpMetrics
PhpMetrics is an MIT licensed static analysis tool for PHP, distributed through Composer as phpmetrics/phpmetrics , that computes metrics about a PHP project and its classes and renders them as an HTML report for developers, tech leads, and CI pipelines that need visible code quality data.
read the full PhpMetrics overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or PhpMetrics more popular?
SigNoz has 32,146 GitHub stars and PhpMetrics has 2,612. SigNoz has the larger community by that measure.
Are SigNoz and PhpMetrics free?
Both are open source. SigNoz has no licence declared in this registry, and PhpMetrics is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between SigNoz and PhpMetrics?
SigNoz is written in TypeScript and PhpMetrics in PHP. 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 PhpMetrics?
Choose SigNoz if you want the larger community (32,146 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose PhpMetrics if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.