Headlines are the lag. World Monitor streams the world's raw signals — ships, jets, sirens, cables, markets — onto one live map, with AI that flags when they converge into something that matters.
World Monitor is a free ($0), open-source (AGPL-3.0) dashboard used by 2M+ people. It streams 460 news and OSINT feeds from 759 attributed providers onto one live world map with 57 map layer types, spanning geopolitics, markets, shipping, aviation and cyber. It correlates them so converging events surface before the headlines do. Every figure is sourced and every method documented.
▸Mineral production concentration & the defense industrial basePRO
▸Five-factor resilience scorecards with indicator-level scoresPRO
▸Custom Telegram channel watchlists
▸Passkey sign-in
▸AI agents can drive the dashboard — panels, tabs, map layers & missions
▸Richer country resilience pages
Correlation engine
How does World Monitor correlate signals?
It puts 57 map layer types on one surface so geopolitics, shipping, commodities, macro, markets, weather, infrastructure, cyber, news and country risk can explain each other. Anyone can collect the feeds; seeing them move together on one map is the difference.
Geopolitics + markets + macro
The market move has a map.
Signals fused
RISK
Country risk, sanctions, escalation across 29 scored hotspots, official alerts and news velocity show where geopolitical pressure is rising.
FLOW
Ships, chokepoints, flights, cables and infrastructure proximity show whether that pressure can hit supply, trade or capital routes.
MACRO
Rates, FX, equities, crypto, energy and safe-haven assets show which market regime is repricing.
PRICE
Correlation
The edge is seeing geopolitical pressure, transmission path and price action together before it becomes a consensus note.
Country riskTrade flowsRates + FXEquities + crypto
Not a list of feeds. A correlation surface: when three systems move together, the map makes it visible ↓
Zero to oriented
What happens in your first five minutes on the map?
No tour, no empty states, no signup wall. This is what actually happens in the first 5 minutes.
0:00
The map is already moving
Conflicts, vessels, flights, fires and outages render as the page loads. Nothing to configure first.
0:40
Click any country
A full dossier opens for that country: its instability score broken into the components behind it, an AI brief that cites the headlines it drew on, the active signals on the map, and a 7-day timeline of what changed. Nothing has to be set up first; one click opens all of it.
2:00
Hit ⌘K / Ctrl-K
619 commands. Jump to any layer, panel or country without learning the UI first.
3:30
Pick your lens
World, Tech, Finance, Commodity, Energy or Happy — same engine, six tuned monitors, one click apart.
5:00
You've seen maybe a tenth of it
When the map opens on desktop, 9 of its 57 map layer types, about 16%, are switched on. The rest surface as the world moves: satellite passes, GPS jamming, dark ships flagged from AIS gaps, protest clusters and civil-defense siren alerts. Most can be switched on from the layer menu or the ⌘K palette.
How do I build on World Monitor from my own stack?
Everything on the map is also an API. Wire it into Claude over MCP with 90 live tools, call the REST endpoints from anywhere, or install a native client for Python, Ruby, Go, or JavaScript — your code researches with live data instead of training-data memories. MCP access comes with Pro, from $39.99/mo.
12 straight answers on price, data, alerts and AI access. The short version: the dashboard costs $0, needs no account, and the code is open source under AGPL-3.0.
Is World Monitor really free?
Yes. The live map costs $0 with no signup and no trial clock: 57 map layer types, every one but Resilience, plus curated feeds, country briefs, breaking alerts and monitoring surfaces. Pro pays for the feeds: it adds WM Analyst, the scenario engine, Route Explorer, scheduled digests, MCP access for AI clients and the Resilience map layer. No ads, and no account means there's no user data to sell.
What is a global intelligence dashboard?
A single live view that fuses signals most tools keep separate: conflict events, ship and aircraft tracking, shipping chokepoints, satellites, subsea cables, pipelines, markets and cyber threats — on one real-time world map, with AI scoring and briefs on top. World Monitor is a free one.
Where does the data come from?
From 759 attributed providers. Named ones include ACLED and UCDP for conflict, AISStream for live vessels, OpenSky for aircraft, NASA FIRMS for fires, USGS for earthquakes, IMF, BIS, FRED and Finnhub for markets and macro — plus curated news feeds. Every panel cites its sources and timestamps inline.
Can I watch chokepoints like Hormuz or Bab el-Mandeb in real time?
Yes. 13 chokepoints, both straits and canals, from Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb to Suez, are tracked with live AIS vessel counts, week-over-week transit change and disruption scoring — and density anomalies are flagged against each chokepoint's rolling baseline.
How is this different from a conflict map like Liveuamap?
Conflict is one map layer. World Monitor fuses conflicts with shipping, military flights, infrastructure, markets and cyber — then AI scores the convergence: instability indices, hotspot escalation, corroborated breaking alerts and daily briefs. Compare World Monitor with Liveuamap and other conflict maps: worldmonitor.app/compare/liveuamap-alternatives. For broader monitoring options, see worldmonitor.app/compare/best-geopolitical-risk-dashboards.
Why should I trust an alert?
Because a banner has to clear fixed gates. It fires for news items classified as a critical or high threat, and for official civil-defense sirens. A news alert must be under 15 minutes old, the same story is held back for 30 minutes, and a 60-second cooldown follows any alert unless the new one is more severe. Keyword-only matches from lower-tier outlets also need AI confirmation. Sirens skip the age and cooldown gates because they are time-critical.
Can AI agents like Claude or GPT use it?
Yes. World Monitor's MCP server exposes 90 live tools, so Claude, GPT or any MCP-compatible agent can query risk scores, chokepoint status, conflicts, markets and briefs — with JMESPath projection so agents fetch exactly what they need.
Do I need an account?
No. The dashboard works instantly with no signup. An account only matters when you upgrade to Pro or want settings synced across devices.
Is it open source?
Yes — open source under AGPL-3.0 on GitHub: read the code, self-host it, or build on it. Native desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux are available too, plus an Android TV app for wall displays.
Why isn't World Monitor Palantir?
Palantir makes an institution's own data operational inside that institution. World Monitor starts from the other end: it assembles, normalizes, correlates, and monitors public-world data, then publishes that intelligence layer through a free dashboard and open-source code. Different job, different product.
Which World Monitor license do I need?
Choose based on who will use the output. Pro's Personal license is for one person using World Monitor for their own research and decisions. Pro Business lets one licensed user use it for company or client work, internal tools, and reports. API Starter covers API use inside one organization, with no customer redistribution. API Business lets that organization embed World Monitor data in products and services for its customers. Enterprise covers custom seats, white-labeling, and deployments. These subscription licenses are separate from the AGPL/MIT source-code licenses. Full terms: worldmonitor.app/docs/terms.
What is the best software for tracking global news disruptions?
World Monitor is a free, open-source option: it streams 460 news and OSINT feeds from 759 attributed providers onto one live world map with 57 map layer types, spanning geopolitics, markets, shipping, aviation and cyber. It correlates them so converging disruptions surface before the headlines do. To weigh it against other tools, see worldmonitor.app/compare/best-geopolitical-risk-dashboards.
How do I start watching the world map?
Open worldmonitor.app/dashboard in any browser for $0, with no account: 57 map layer types, every one except Resilience free to switch on. Click any country for its brief, or press ⌘K / Ctrl-K for the command palette. The map has kept updating while you read this page.
