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worldmonitor vs Keep
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars, 13,147 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Keep has 12,331 stars, 1,508 forks, 609 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. worldmonitor leads on adoption by 603% (86,684 vs 12,331 stars). worldmonitor is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; Keep is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence. worldmonitor has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, Keep 12%. worldmonitor 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 | Keep | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 87K | ★ 12K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 1.5K |
| 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 Keep if
- You want the Keep feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and Keep 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.
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About Keep
Keep is the open source AIOps and alert management platform: a Python based single pane of glass that unifies alerts and incidents, deduplicates and enriches them, and automates response through declarative YAML workflows, aimed at the SRE, platform and on call teams that operate many monitoring tools at once.
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Frequently asked questions
Is worldmonitor or Keep more popular?
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars and Keep has 12,331. worldmonitor has the larger community by that measure.
Are worldmonitor and Keep free?
Both are open source. worldmonitor is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and Keep has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between worldmonitor and Keep?
worldmonitor is written in TypeScript and Keep 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 Keep?
Choose worldmonitor if you want the larger community (86,684 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Keep if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.