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worldmonitor vs jupiter
worldmonitor has 86,752 GitHub stars, 13,161 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped today. jupiter has 4,566 stars, 708 forks, 16 open issues and last shipped yesterday. worldmonitor leads on adoption by 1,800% (86,752 vs 4,566 stars). worldmonitor is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; jupiter is written in Go under Apache-2.0. worldmonitor has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, jupiter 16%. 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 | jupiter | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 87K | ★ 4.6K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 708 |
| 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 jupiter if
- You want the jupiter 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 jupiter 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 jupiter
Jupiter is an Apache 2.0 governance oriented microservice framework written in Go that is used in production at Douyu, aimed at Go teams that want configuration, service discovery, metrics, tracing and RPC handled by the framework instead of by glue code in every service.
read the full jupiter overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is worldmonitor or jupiter more popular?
worldmonitor has 86,752 GitHub stars and jupiter has 4,566. worldmonitor has the larger community by that measure.
Are worldmonitor and jupiter free?
Both are open source. worldmonitor is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and jupiter under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between worldmonitor and jupiter?
worldmonitor is written in TypeScript and jupiter 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 jupiter?
Choose worldmonitor if you want the larger community (86,752 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose jupiter if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.