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worldmonitor vs nginx-lua-prometheus
worldmonitor has 86,752 GitHub stars, 13,161 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped yesterday. nginx-lua-prometheus has 1,566 stars, 238 forks, 5 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. worldmonitor leads on adoption by 5,440% (86,752 vs 1,566 stars). worldmonitor is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; nginx-lua-prometheus is written in Lua under MIT. worldmonitor has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, nginx-lua-prometheus 15%. 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 | nginx-lua-prometheus | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 87K | ★ 1.6K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Lua |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 238 |
| 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 nginx-lua-prometheus if
- You want the nginx-lua-prometheus feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Lua
- You evaluated both and nginx-lua-prometheus 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 nginx-lua-prometheus
nginx lua prometheus is an MIT licensed Lua library that lets Nginx record counters, gauges, and histograms inside a shared dictionary and expose them on a dedicated HTTP endpoint for Prometheus to scrape, and it is aimed at operators running OpenResty or a Lua enabled Nginx who want to instrument the request path directly rather than through a sidecar.
read the full nginx-lua-prometheus overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is worldmonitor or nginx-lua-prometheus more popular?
worldmonitor has 86,752 GitHub stars and nginx-lua-prometheus has 1,566. worldmonitor has the larger community by that measure.
Are worldmonitor and nginx-lua-prometheus free?
Both are open source. worldmonitor is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and nginx-lua-prometheus under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between worldmonitor and nginx-lua-prometheus?
worldmonitor is written in TypeScript and nginx-lua-prometheus in Lua. 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 nginx-lua-prometheus?
Choose worldmonitor if you want the larger community (86,752 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose nginx-lua-prometheus if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.