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worldmonitor vs Uptrace
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars, 13,147 forks, 313 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Uptrace has 4,286 stars, 215 forks, 52 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. worldmonitor leads on adoption by 1,922% (86,684 vs 4,286 stars). worldmonitor is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; Uptrace is written in Go under AGPL-3.0. worldmonitor has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, Uptrace 5%. 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 | Uptrace | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 87K | ★ 4.3K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-08-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 215 |
| 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 Uptrace if
- You want the Uptrace feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Uptrace 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 Uptrace
Uptrace is open source APM platform for modern applications. It sits in Infrastructure & Operations / Monitoring & Observability ecosystem. It supports OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, logs. It gives one interface for application monitoring, distributed tracing, performance monitoring, and log inspection. README says it comes with query builder, rich dashboards, alerting rules, notifications, and integrations for most languages and frameworks. It is written in Go and licensed AGPL 3.0.
read the full Uptrace overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is worldmonitor or Uptrace more popular?
worldmonitor has 86,684 GitHub stars and Uptrace has 4,286. worldmonitor has the larger community by that measure.
Are worldmonitor and Uptrace free?
Both are open source. worldmonitor is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Uptrace under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between worldmonitor and Uptrace?
worldmonitor is written in TypeScript and Uptrace 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 Uptrace?
Choose worldmonitor if you want the larger community (86,684 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Uptrace if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.