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title: "Introduction"
description: "World Monitor is an open-source, real-time global intelligence dashboard that aggregates news, markets, military activity, infrastructure data, and AI-powered analysis into a single map interface."
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World Monitor brings together 344 curated news sources, 49 interactive map layers, and AI-powered analysis into a situational awareness platform. It runs five specialized variants from a single codebase, each tailored to a different domain: geopolitics, technology, finance, commodities, and positive global trends.

The platform is designed for journalists, security analysts, researchers, and anyone who needs to understand what is happening in the world beyond traditional news headlines.

## What you can do

- **Monitor global events in real time** on a 3D globe or flat map with 49 toggleable data layers covering military flights, naval vessels, satellites, earthquakes, wildfires, cyber threats, and more
- **Read AI-generated intelligence briefs** that synthesize hundreds of headlines into actionable summaries, with source attribution and confidence scoring
- **Track country stability** through the Country Instability Index (CII), which scores 24 countries in real time using conflict data, social unrest indicators, and news velocity
- **Analyze financial signals** including market data, prediction markets, central bank rates, commodity prices, and Gulf economy indicators
- **Run entirely in your browser** with optional offline AI capabilities via ONNX Runtime Web, keeping your data on your device

## Quick links

- **New here?** Start with [Getting Started](/getting-started) for installation and setup
- **Want to understand the system?** Read [Architecture](/architecture) for how the pieces fit together
- **Looking for specific features?** See [Features & Interface](/features) for the full capability list
- **Interested in the data?** Check [Data Sources](/data-sources) for all 31+ sources and collection methods
- **Want to contribute?** Read [Contributing](/contributing) for code style and PR process
- **Building on the API?** Browse the [API Reference](/api/) for all 24 typed services

## License

World Monitor is open source under [AGPL-3.0](/license). Free for personal, educational, and research use. Commercial use requires a [separate license](/license#commercial-use-requires-a-separate-license).
