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worldmonitor vs clockwork
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars, 13,147 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped yesterday. clockwork has 5,950 stars, 333 forks, 39 open issues and last shipped 20 days ago. worldmonitor leads on adoption by 1,357% (86,684 vs 5,950 stars). worldmonitor is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; clockwork is written in PHP under MIT. worldmonitor has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, clockwork 6%. worldmonitor 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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| worldmonitor | clockwork | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 87K | ★ 6.0K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-08-29 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 333 |
| 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 clockwork if
- You want the clockwork feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and clockwork 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 clockwork
Clockwork is a development tool for PHP that gives developers an insight into their application runtime — including request data, performance metrics, log entries, database queries, cache queries, redis commands, dispatched events, queued jobs and rendered views — right in the browser, and this repository contains its server side component.
read the full clockwork overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is worldmonitor or clockwork more popular?
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars and clockwork has 5,950. worldmonitor has the larger community by that measure.
Are worldmonitor and clockwork free?
Both are open source. worldmonitor is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and clockwork under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between worldmonitor and clockwork?
worldmonitor is written in TypeScript and clockwork 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, worldmonitor or clockwork?
Choose worldmonitor if you want the larger community (86,684 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose clockwork if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.