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worldmonitor vs future-agi
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars, 13,147 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped yesterday. future-agi has 2,031 stars, 628 forks, 889 open issues and last shipped yesterday. worldmonitor leads on adoption by 4,168% (86,684 vs 2,031 stars). worldmonitor is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; future-agi is written in Python under Apache-2.0. worldmonitor has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, future-agi 31%. 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 | future-agi | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 87K | ★ 2.0K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 628 |
| 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 future-agi if
- You want the future-agi 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 future-agi 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 future-agi
Future AGI is an open source platform for evaluating, observing, and improving large language model and AI agent applications. It lives in the LLM operations ecosystem, where teams need tracing, evaluations, simulations, datasets, gateway routing, guardrails, and optimization in one Apache 2.0 project.
read the full future-agi overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is worldmonitor or future-agi more popular?
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars and future-agi has 2,031. worldmonitor has the larger community by that measure.
Are worldmonitor and future-agi free?
Both are open source. worldmonitor is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and future-agi under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between worldmonitor and future-agi?
worldmonitor is written in TypeScript and future-agi 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, worldmonitor or future-agi?
Choose worldmonitor if you want the larger community (86,684 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose future-agi if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.