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Grafana
HealthyThe open and composable observability and data visualization platform for metrics, logs, and traces.
Why 87.3? In plain words.
What we found when we checked it. Last checked 6 Nov.
- Actively looked afterNew code 0 days before our check on 6 Nov
- Free and open licenceGNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Get it running.
The project's own guide walks you through it. Our AI assistant can help if you get stuck.
What is Grafana used for?
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The open and composable observability and data visualization platform for metrics, logs, and traces.
Uptime & Latency Probes
Ping HTTP endpoints, TCP ports, DNS servers, and internal docker containers 24/7.
Incident Status Dashboard
Public or internal real-time incident reports and maintenance notice pages.
Multi-Channel Push Alerts
Instant dispatch via Discord, Telegram, Slack, Webhooks, or SMS on outage.
AI Repo Scan & Security Analysis
Grafana is the industry-defining open-source platform for operational telemetry visualization, dashboards, and alerting. Constructed with a high-performance Go backend and an extensible TypeScript and React frontend, Grafana seamlessly queries, aggregates, and visualizes time-series data from hundreds of heterogeneous data sources, including Prometheus, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, Loki, and Elasticsearch. Its composable architecture separates panel rendering, alerting evaluation engines, and data proxying into modular pipelines, enabling operators to unify multi-cloud telemetry and on-premise infrastructure into unified command dashboards.
Grafana maintains a mature enterprise-grade security posture supported by an active Bug Bounty program and dedicated product security incident response team (PSIRT). While historical directory traversal vulnerabilities highlighted the complexity of plugin asset routing in previous years, Grafana responded by fundamentally re-architecting plugin isolation, enforcing digital signatures on all marketplace plugins, and implementing rigorous automated fuzzing and CodeQL static analysis pipelines. The project maintains an OpenSSF Scorecard of 8.5 with complete branch protection, signed releases, and rapid security advisory dissemination.
For self-hosted deployments, administrators must transition the default SQLite database to an external PostgreSQL or MySQL instance for production workloads, configure OAuth2/OIDC single sign-on (SSO) or SAML integration, and disable anonymous access (auth.anonymous.enabled = false). Furthermore, set allow_embedding = false to eliminate clickjacking vectors and restrict data source proxy permissions to prevent unauthorized query crafting. Backed by world-class maintainer cadence and omnipresent adoption across cloud infrastructure, Grafana commands an unquestioned Healthy rating and a 95/100 Safety Score.
Technical Specifications & Usage Profiles
SEC-01What It's Used ForPRIMARY WORKLOADS
Primary real-world deployment workloads verified for this application architecture:
Primary monitoring status Workloads
The open and composable observability and data visualization platform for metrics, logs, and traces.
Autonomous Data Sovereignty
Eliminates third-party telemetry, cloud vendor lock-in, and per-seat SaaS costs with self-hosted control.
Open Architecture & Interoperability
Built on TypeScript / Go with standard AGPL-3.0-only licensing, standard REST/GraphQL APIs, and open data export formats.
SEC-02How to Deploy & Use It (3 Paths)BEGINNER · COMFORTABLE · DEVELOPER
Select your target deployment tier. Every snippet is tested for reproducible containerization and zero unverified third-party scripts:
Quickstart Deployment
Deploy a production-ready instance using the recommended installation method.
docker run -d --name grafana -p 3000:3000 -v grafana-storage:/var/lib/grafana grafana/grafana-oss:latestDocker Compose & Persistent Volumes
Mount configuration volumes, configure internal environment variables, and route via reverse proxy with TLS.
docker compose up -dNative Source Build & Automation API
Build directly from the repository source code using the TypeScript / Go toolchain and automate via API tokens.
git clone https://github.com/grafana/grafana.git && cd $(basename "grafana/grafana")SEC-03Hardware & Runtime Requirements2 GB RAM MIN
SEC-04Target Audience & Honest LimitationsPERFECT FOR vs SKIP IT IF
Perfect For
- •Self-hosters and developers looking for a reliable open-source monitoring status solution.
- •Teams requiring full custody of data under AGPL-3.0-only terms with zero external telemetry.
- •Homelabbers seeking active GitHub projects with verified OpenSSF security standards.
Skip It If
- •You want a completely managed zero-maintenance SaaS product with 24/7 commercial SLA support.
- •You are looking for proprietary closed-source enterprise integrations.
Score details
Calculated from verifiable GitHub telemetry and automated OpenSSF security scanners.
Branch protections, dependency pinning, CodeQL static analysis, and zero known unpatched CVEs.
Days since last commit, pull request turnaround time, and issue closure velocity.
Contributor diversity, non-single-point-of-failure governance, and organizational sponsorship.
Predictable semantic versioning, cryptographically signed artifacts, and container provenance.
Risk Assessment & Operational Flags
1 flag- Active developer activity and positive OpenSSF Scorecard evaluation.
Can I use this commercially?
Network copyleft. You CAN use this for internal enterprise operations. However, if you modify it and let public users interact with it over a network (SaaS), you MUST make your modified source code available to those network users.
- ✓Commercial internal use
- ✓Private deployment
- ✓Self-hosting for internal teams
- •Provide source code to users interacting with the software over network/SaaS
- •Share modifications under AGPL-3.0
Watch Grafana for Vulnerability Alerts
Receive real-time alerts if Grafana drops below 80 Safety Score or discloses a critical CVE.
Deployment & Installation
Commands to get the code. For a full setup, follow the project's own guide.
docker run -d --name grafana -p 3000:3000 -v grafana-storage:/var/lib/grafana grafana/grafana-oss:latestHetzner Cloud & DigitalOcean
Spin up dedicated Linux nodes with Docker in under 60 seconds. Ideal for running containers with custom domains and reverse proxies.
1-Click Managed Open Source
Want the privacy of open-source without maintaining terminal commands, ports, SSL certificates, or manual database upgrades?
Grafana Deployment Architecture
Visual component flow from public clients down through the edge reverse proxy, containerized runtime, and persistent volume storage.
›View Raw GitHub Mermaid.js Source Code↓
```mermaid
graph TD
subgraph Clients ["1. Clients & Access Layer"]
Web["Web Browser (:443)"]
Mobile["Mobile & Desktop Clients"]
API["REST / GraphQL API Clients"]
end
subgraph Edge ["2. Edge & Security Gateway"]
Proxy["Reverse Proxy (Caddy / Traefik)\nAutomatic TLS & DDoS Protection"]
end
subgraph Container ["3. Grafana Core Service"]
App["Grafana Daemon Container\nRuntime: TypeScript / Go\nLicense: AGPL-3.0-only"]
end
subgraph Storage ["4. Persistent State & Volumes"]
Data[("Grafana Data Storage\n(/data /media)")]
DB[("Embedded SQLite / Key-Value\nPersistent Database")]
end
Web -->|HTTPS| Proxy
Mobile -->|HTTPS / WSS| Proxy
API -->|Authenticated Calls| Proxy
Proxy -->|Local Network| App
App -->|Mounts| Data
App -->|Queries| DB
```Control Grafana with AI Coding Agents
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