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Grafana Loki

★ 24k

Log aggregation that indexes only labels, making petabyte-scale log storage actually affordable.

Grafana Loki does the job of Splunk, self-hosted. It is AGPL-licensed, so a hosted fork has to publish its changes, and setting it up is an afternoon, not a weekend. Splunk bills $150+ for it. 24k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for Splunk.

Licence
AGPL-3.0
Self-hosting
Medium
The paid one costs
$150+
GitHub stars
24k
view the code →official site →

Is it actually a replacement?

We have not written a verdict on Splunk yet, so this page says what Grafana Loki is rather than judging what you would give up. When that product gets a page, this one will link to it.

Grafana Loki questions

Is Grafana Loki open source?

Yes — it is released under AGPL-3.0.

Can I self-host Grafana Loki?

Yes — we rate it medium to self-host.

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