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worldmonitor vs SigNoz
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars, 13,147 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped yesterday. SigNoz has 32,116 stars, 2,493 forks, 1,557 open issues and last shipped yesterday. worldmonitor leads on adoption by 170% (86,684 vs 32,116 stars). worldmonitor is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; SigNoz is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. worldmonitor has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, SigNoz 8%. SigNoz was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (monitoring), 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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| worldmonitor | SigNoz | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 87K | ★ 32K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 2.5K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick worldmonitor if
- You weight community size — 87K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick SigNoz if
- You want the SigNoz feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and SigNoz fits your workflow better
About worldmonitor
World Monitor is an open source, real time global intelligence dashboard in TypeScript that aggregates news with AI, monitors geopolitics and infrastructure, and unifies all of it into a single situational awareness interface for analysts, journalists, researchers, and operations teams who need cross domain awareness they can self host.
read the full worldmonitor overview →
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 →
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Frequently asked questions
Is worldmonitor or SigNoz more popular?
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars and SigNoz has 32,116. worldmonitor has the larger community by that measure.
Are worldmonitor and SigNoz free?
Both are open source. worldmonitor is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and SigNoz has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between worldmonitor and SigNoz?
worldmonitor is written in TypeScript and SigNoz in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, worldmonitor or SigNoz?
Choose worldmonitor if you want the larger community (86,684 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose SigNoz if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.