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worldmonitor vs Maple
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars, 13,147 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Maple has 1,783 stars, 119 forks, 29 open issues and last shipped yesterday. worldmonitor leads on adoption by 4,762% (86,684 vs 1,783 stars). worldmonitor is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; Maple is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. worldmonitor has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, Maple 7%. Maple 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 | Maple | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 87K | ★ 1.8K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 119 |
| 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 Maple if
- You want the Maple feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Maple 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 Maple
Maple is an open source observability platform for traces, logs, and metrics, and it lives in the OpenTelemetry ecosystem within the Infrastructure & Operations / Monitoring & Observability category. The project is built on OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse, and the repository is organized as a TypeScript monorepo with a single page application frontend and an Effect based backend API.
read the full Maple overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is worldmonitor or Maple more popular?
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars and Maple has 1,783. worldmonitor has the larger community by that measure.
Are worldmonitor and Maple free?
Both are open source. worldmonitor is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and Maple has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between worldmonitor and Maple?
worldmonitor is written in TypeScript and Maple in TypeScript. 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 Maple?
Choose worldmonitor if you want the larger community (86,684 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Maple if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.