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Grafana

Grafana is a self-hostable, open-source alternative to Datadog dashboards. This page compiles its license, stack, deployment, maintenance and hosting details from public sources (updated 2026-06-15).

At a glance

category (analytics, CRM, file-storage, BI, etc.)
monitoring / BI
SaaS-tool-it-replaces (e.g. 'Google Analytics', 'Notion')
Datadog dashboards
license type (MIT, AGPL, GPL, BSL, etc.)
AGPL-3.0
primary language/stack
Go, TypeScript
deployment method (Docker, Helm/K8s, bare-metal, one-click)
Docker, Helm, bare-metal
GitHub stars (snapshot, dated)
~65k (2025-06)
last-commit recency / maintenance activity
Very active
managed-hosting-available (yes/no + who offers it)
Yes - Grafana Cloud (official)
minimum RAM/CPU footprint
~512 MB RAM
has-active-community (Discord/forum size tier)
Large - forum + community Slack

Relicensed to AGPL in 2021; observability dashboards standard.

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FAQ

What does Grafana replace?
Grafana is a self-hostable alternative to Datadog dashboards.

What's notable about Grafana?
Relicensed to AGPL in 2021; observability dashboards standard.

Is the data here verified?
Yes — every entry is compiled from public sources and links out to its source.