nightingale vs mission-control
nightingale is the more adopted project, with 13,383 GitHub stars against 6,389 for mission-control (about 2.1x more). mission-control was updated more recently (yesterday, against 2 days ago). nightingale is written in Go and mission-control in TypeScript.
| nightingale | mission-control | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Open-source, self-hosted alerting for metrics, logs, and databases. Includes a built-in AI agent and MCP server. | Self-hosted control plane for AI agents: dispatch tasks, review runs, track spend, and operate OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex, and other runtimes. |
| Author | ccfos | builderz-labs |
| Stars | 13383 | 6389 |
| Language | Go | TypeScript |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last update | 2026-10-22T09:22:55Z | 2026-10-23T01:09:06Z |
| Source | https://github.com/ccfos/nightingale | https://github.com/builderz-labs/mission-control |
| Stars this week | +17 | +28 |
Which should you choose?
- nightingale describes itself as: "Open-source, self-hosted alerting for metrics, logs, and databases. Includes a built-in AI agent and MCP server."
- mission-control describes itself as: "Self-hosted control plane for AI agents: dispatch tasks, review runs, track spend, and operate OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex, and other..."
Stars measure adoption, not fit. Read both READMEs for the tools each server exposes, then try them side by side in your client: the install guide shows how to add both.
Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, nightingale or mission-control?
nightingale has more GitHub stars: 13,383 against 6,389. This week nightingale gained 17 stars and mission-control gained 28, which says more about current momentum than the all-time total. Both figures are refreshed daily from GitHub.
Are nightingale and mission-control open source?
nightingale: Apache-2.0 (open source). mission-control: MIT (open source). An open-source license lets you run and self-host the server at no cost. If either one wraps a commercial API, that provider's pricing still applies, so read each README for the accounts and keys it needs.
Can I use nightingale and mission-control together?
Yes, if both run as MCP servers. MCP clients such as Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code can connect to several servers at once, and the agent picks tools from each. Give them distinct names in your config, and keep the number of active servers small so tool definitions do not crowd the context window.
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