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SigNoz vs tracing
SigNoz has 32,525 GitHub stars, 2,576 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped yesterday. tracing has 6,954 stars, 960 forks, 887 open issues and last shipped 7 days ago. SigNoz leads on adoption by 368% (32,525 vs 6,954 stars). SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; tracing is written in Rust under MIT. SigNoz has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, tracing 14%. SigNoz was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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 | tracing | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 33K | ★ 7.0K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-29 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.6K | ⑂ 960 |
| 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 tracing if
- You want the tracing feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and tracing 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 tracing
![Tracing — Structured, application level diagnostics][splash] [splash]: [![Crates.io][crates badge]][crates url] [![Documentation][docs badge]][docs url] [![Documentation (v0.2.x)][docs v0.2.x badge]][docs v0.2.x url] [![MIT licensed][mit badge]][mit url] [![Build Status][actions badge]][actions url] [![Discord chat][discord badge]][discord url] [crates badge]: [crates url]: [docs badge]: [docs url]: [docs v0.2.x badge]: [docs v0.2.x url]: [mit badge]: [mit url]: LICENSE [actions badge]: [actions url]: [discord badge]: [discord url]: Website Chat Overview tracing is a framework for instrumenting Rust programs…
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or tracing more popular?
SigNoz has 32,525 GitHub stars and tracing has 6,954. SigNoz has the larger community by that measure.
Are SigNoz and tracing free?
Both are open source. SigNoz has no licence declared in this registry, and tracing is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between SigNoz and tracing?
SigNoz is written in TypeScript and tracing in Rust. 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 tracing?
Choose SigNoz if you want the larger community (32,525 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose tracing if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.