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worldmonitor vs Coroot
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars, 13,147 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Coroot has 7,918 stars, 399 forks, 117 open issues and last shipped yesterday. worldmonitor leads on adoption by 995% (86,684 vs 7,918 stars). worldmonitor is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; Coroot is written in Go under Apache-2.0. worldmonitor has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, Coroot 5%. Coroot was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (ai, dashboard, 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 | Coroot | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 87K | ★ 7.9K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 399 |
| 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 Coroot if
- You want the Coroot feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Coroot 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 Coroot
Coroot open source observability and APM tool. Written Go. Licensed Apache 2.0. Lives cloud native monitoring ecosystem: Kubernetes, microservices, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, eBPF. Combines metrics, logs, traces, continuous profiling, SLO based alerting, predefined dashboards, inspections. Adds AI powered Root Cause Analysis.
read the full Coroot overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is worldmonitor or Coroot more popular?
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars and Coroot has 7,918. worldmonitor has the larger community by that measure.
Are worldmonitor and Coroot free?
Both are open source. worldmonitor is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Coroot under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between worldmonitor and Coroot?
worldmonitor is written in TypeScript and Coroot in Go. 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 Coroot?
Choose worldmonitor if you want the larger community (86,684 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Coroot if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.