Highlight vs Uptrace

Highlight leads in popularity with 9,373 stars vs 4,278 stars for Uptrace. The 119% higher star count indicates stronger community adoption. In terms of developer contributions, Highlight has 671 forks, indicating moderate developer engagement.

Uptrace is growing faster, adding 29 stars in the last 30 days (+0.7%) against adding 22 stars for Highlight (+0.2%). Uptrace is the smaller project of the two, so it is closing the gap rather than extending a lead.

Both projects show recent activity, with Highlight last updated 12 days ago and Uptrace 20 days ago.

Both tools share common technology foundations, being built with JavaScript, Bash, Typescript, Python, SCSS, Golang, Ruby. However, they differ in their additional technology choices: Highlight uses CSS, JSX, Next.js, Rust, PHP, Java, C#, Perl, Elixir while Uptrace leverages Vue, Django.

Highlight has been in development longer, starting 6 years ago, compared to Uptrace which began 5 years ago. This 1.4-year head start suggests Highlight may have more mature features and established processes.

The projects use different licenses: Highlight is licensed under Apache-2.0 while Uptrace uses AGPL-3.0. Consider the licensing requirements when choosing for your project.

Both tools serve similar use cases in Performance Monitoring (APM). However, they also have distinct specializations: Highlight also focuses on Error Tracking while Uptrace extends into Infrastructure Monitoring.

Both Highlight and Uptrace offer self-hosting capabilities, giving you full control over your data and infrastructure.