--- title: "moby vs onWatch" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/moby-moby-vs-onllm-dev-onwatch" tools: ["moby-moby", "onllm-dev-onwatch"] --- # moby vs onWatch *GraphCanon updated Jul 11, 2026* ## Verdict Pick moby when license: moby is Apache-2.0, onWatch is GPL-3.0; pick onWatch when license: onWatch is GPL-3.0, moby is Apache-2.0. [moby](https://mobyproject.org/) reports 72k GitHub stars, 19k forks, and 3.8k open issues, last pushed Jul 10, 2026. [onWatch](https://onwatch.onllm.dev) has 673 stars, 51 forks, and 11 open issues, last pushed Jun 19, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [moby's repository](https://github.com/moby/moby) and [onWatch's repository](https://github.com/onllm-dev/onWatch). | | [moby](/tools/moby-moby.md) | [onWatch](/tools/onllm-dev-onwatch.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems | Track AI API quotas across Synthetic, Z.ai, Anthropic (Claude Code), Codex, GitHub Copilot & Antigravity in real time. Lightweight background daemon (<50MB RAM), SQLite storage, Material Design 3 dash | | Stars | 71,899 | 673 | | Forks | 19,126 | 51 | | Open issues | 3,821 | 11 | | Language | Go | Go | | Adopt for | - | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0 | | Categories | Developer Tools, Inference & Serving, LLM Frameworks | Computer Vision, Inference & Serving, LLM Frameworks | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [moby](/tools/moby-moby.md) | [onWatch](/tools/onllm-dev-onwatch.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Very active (96%) | Active (82%) | | Days since push | 1d | 22d | | Open issues (now) | 3.8k | 11 | | Security scan | No criticals | 27 low (27 low) | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/moby-moby/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/onllm-dev-onwatch/trust.md) | ## Choose when ### Choose moby if… - License: moby is Apache-2.0, onWatch is GPL-3.0. - Tags unique to moby: containers, docker, go. - Also covers Developer Tools. ### Choose onWatch if… - License: onWatch is GPL-3.0, moby is Apache-2.0. - Tags unique to onWatch: ai-api-monitoring, antigravity, api-monitoring, claude-code. - Also covers Computer Vision. ## When NOT to use moby - Developer Tools: A gateway is overkill when you're pinned to a single provider and model. - Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ## When NOT to use onWatch - Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between moby and onWatch? moby: The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems. onWatch: Track AI API quotas across Synthetic, Z.ai, Anthropic (Claude Code), Codex, GitHub Copilot & Antigravity in real time. Lightweight background daemon (<50MB RAM), SQLite storage, Material Design 3 dash. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose moby over onWatch? Choose moby over onWatch when License: moby is Apache-2.0, onWatch is GPL-3.0; Tags unique to moby: containers, docker, go; Also covers Developer Tools. ### When should I choose onWatch over moby? Choose onWatch over moby when License: onWatch is GPL-3.0, moby is Apache-2.0; Tags unique to onWatch: ai-api-monitoring, antigravity, api-monitoring, claude-code; Also covers Computer Vision. ### When should I avoid moby? Developer Tools: A gateway is overkill when you're pinned to a single provider and model. Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ### When should I avoid onWatch? Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ### Is moby or onWatch more popular on GitHub? moby has more GitHub stars (71,899 vs 673). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are moby and onWatch open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (moby: Apache-2.0, onWatch: GPL-3.0). ### Where can I find alternatives to moby or onWatch? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [moby alternatives](/tools/moby-moby/alternatives) and [onWatch alternatives](/tools/onllm-dev-onwatch/alternatives) ([moby markdown twin](/tools/moby-moby/alternatives.md), [onWatch markdown twin](/tools/onllm-dev-onwatch/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/moby-moby-vs-onllm-dev-onwatch.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, moby or onWatch? moby: Very active. onWatch: Active. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for moby and onWatch? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [moby trust report](/tools/moby-moby/trust); [onWatch trust report](/tools/onllm-dev-onwatch/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=moby-moby`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=moby-moby) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_