Grafana
Dashboards and visualization for metrics, logs and traces from Prometheus, Loki and dozens of other sources.
- Monitoring & Status Pages
- TypeScript
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Actively maintained
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 77,096
- Forks
- 14,816
- Open issues
- 2,671
- Commits, last 12 months
- 11,362
- Last commit
- Oct 6, 2026
- Latest release
- v13.2.3Sep 29, 2026
- Created
- Dec 11, 2013
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About Grafana
Dashboards and visualization for metrics, logs and traces from Prometheus, Loki and dozens of other sources. Grafana is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license and written mainly in TypeScript, so you can read the code, run it on your own hardware and keep full control of your data.
The project has 77,096 stars and 14,816 forks on GitHub, with 11,362 commits over the last year. It ships a Docker image, which makes it a good fit for a small VPS or a home server running Docker Compose.
Topics
- grafana
- monitoring
- analytics
- metrics
- influxdb
- prometheus
- elasticsearch
- alerting
- data-visualization
- go
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What is Grafana?
Grafana is a free, open-source app you can host on your own server, listed in our Monitoring & Status Pages category. Dashboards and visualization for metrics, logs and traces from Prometheus, Loki and dozens of other sources. The source code lives at github.com/grafana/grafana, where it has 77,096 stars.
Is Grafana free and open source?
Yes. Grafana is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Grafana with Docker?
Yes. Grafana provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Grafana?
Popular open-source alternatives to Grafana include Uptime Kuma, Netdata and Prometheus. Grafana itself is a self-hosted alternative to Datadog and Grafana Cloud.
Is Grafana actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Grafana was on Oct 6, 2026 with 11,362 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v13.2.3, published Sep 29, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.