# Netdata

> Netdata is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the monitoring & status pages category. Real-time infrastructure monitoring with per-second metrics and zero-config dashboards. It has 80,804 GitHub stars, is released under the GPL-3.0 license and ships a Docker image. It is a self-hosted alternative to Datadog, Pingdom and Grafana Cloud.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/netdata/netdata |
| Website | https://www.netdata.cloud/ |
| GitHub stars | 80,804 |
| Forks | 6,653 |
| Open issues | 202 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Go |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Categories | Monitoring & Status Pages |
| Commits, last 12 months | 2,609 |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Latest release | v2.12.0 (Sep 30, 2026) |
| Created | Jun 17, 2013 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: monitoring, docker, kubernetes, cncf, prometheus, netdata, devops, observability, alerting, influxdb

## Install

Netdata ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/netdata/netdata for the image name and environment variables.

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## Netdata replaces

- [Datadog alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/datadog): A cloud monitoring platform for metrics, logs and traces.
- [Pingdom alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/pingdom): A website uptime and performance monitoring service.
- [Grafana Cloud alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/grafana-cloud): A hosted observability stack for metrics, logs and traces.

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