worldmonitor
Real-time global intelligence dashboard. AI-powered news aggregation, geopolitical monitoring, and infrastructure tracking in a unified situational awareness interface
What is it?
What it is
Real-time global intelligence dashboard that aggregates AI-powered news, geopolitical monitoring, and infrastructure tracking into a unified situational awareness interface.
Why it exists
To provide a single, real-time source of global situational awareness for news, geopolitics, finance, and infrastructure, enabling users to monitor world events without needing multiple tools.
Who should use it
Researchers, analysts, developers needing real-time geopolitical data, tech-savvy usersOrganizations requiring situational awareness toolsUsers integrating with MCP/REST APIs or SDKs
Who should avoid it
Casual users without technical expertiseThose needing a simple/no-code solutionProjects without self-hosting capabilities
How it works
A quick walkthrough in plain English
How worldmonitor works in 4 steps
Step 1 of 4
Something triggers the flow
A schedule, webhook, or manual click tells worldmonitor to start.
Features
Advantages
- Real-time global intelligence dashboard for situational awareness
- AI-powered news aggregation reduces manual monitoring
- Open-source (AGPL-3.0) with active community and transparent development
- No API keys needed for local AI processing
- Multiple deployment options: web, desktop, Docker, Vercel, static
- Extensive programmatic interfaces enable agent and script integration
- Unified codebase yields consistent features across all variants
- Broad language support improves accessibility
- Rich visualization with dual map engines and numerous layers
- Comprehensive data coverage from 65+ external providers
Disadvantages
- AGPL-3.0 license may impose copyleft obligations on derivative works
- Self-hosted instances require significant computational resources for AI and data processing
- Complexity of the stack may present a steep learning curve for new contributors
- Reliance on external data sources can affect availability if providers change or restrict access
- Desktop binaries currently limited to specific CI release targets (full and tech variants)
- Advanced features like local AI require installing and maintaining Ollama or similar
Installation
native
git clone https://github.com/koala73/worldmonitor.git cd worldmonitor npm install npm run dev
FAQ
What is World Monitor?
World Monitor is a real-time global intelligence dashboard that provides AI-powered news aggregation, geopolitical monitoring, and infrastructure tracking through a unified situational awareness interface.
Can I run the AI features locally?
Yes, you can run everything locally using Ollama, which allows you to use the platform's AI features without requiring external API keys.
How can I access the platform programmatically?
You can access World Monitor via an MCP server, a REST API (OpenAPI spec), a CLI (available via npm), or official SDKs for Python, Ruby, and Go.
What are the available platform variants?
The platform offers six specialized variants: world, tech, finance, commodity, happy, and energy.
Is there a desktop application available?
Yes, a native desktop application is available for Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), and Linux (AppImage) built with Tauri 2.
What license does this project use?
The source code is licensed under AGPL-3.0-only. Commercial use is permitted provided you comply with the AGPL's copyleft and source-availability terms.
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