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SigNoz vs whisper
SigNoz has 32,525 GitHub stars, 2,576 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped yesterday. whisper has 1,260 stars, 320 forks, 8 open issues and last shipped 11 months ago. SigNoz leads on adoption by 2,481% (32,525 vs 1,260 stars). SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; whisper is written in Python under Apache-2.0. SigNoz has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, whisper 25%. 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 | whisper | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 33K | ★ 1.3K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2025-12-01 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.6K | ⑂ 320 |
| 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 whisper if
- You want the whisper feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and whisper 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 whisper
Whisper Overview Whisper is one of three components within the Graphite project: 1. Graphite Web, a Django based web application that renders graphs and dashboards 2. The Carbon metric processing daemons 3. The Whisper time series database library Whisper is a fixed size database, similar in design and purpose to RRD (round robin database). It provides fast, reliable storage of numeric data over time. Whisper allows for higher resolution (seconds per point) of recent data to degrade into lower resolutions for long term retention of historical data. Installation, Configuration and Usage Please refer to the…
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Frequently asked questions
Is SigNoz or whisper more popular?
SigNoz has 32,525 GitHub stars and whisper has 1,260. SigNoz has the larger community by that measure.
Are SigNoz and whisper free?
Both are open source. SigNoz has no licence declared in this registry, and whisper is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between SigNoz and whisper?
SigNoz is written in TypeScript and whisper in Python. 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 whisper?
Choose SigNoz if you want the larger community (32,525 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose whisper if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.