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Grafana vs Uptime Kuma

Grafana and Uptime Kuma are both listed on Forkshelf as open source alternatives to Datadog. This page sets their license and GitHub activity side by side. Every figure comes from the GitHub API, fetched on 8 Nov 2026 [S1].

Grafana vs Uptime Kuma at a glance

Grafana and Uptime Kuma compared, from the GitHub API
GrafanaUptime Kuma
LicenseAGPL-3.0 [S1]MIT [S1]
GitHub stars77,757 on 8 Nov 2026 [S1]93,356 on 8 Nov 2026 [S1]
Last push8 Nov 2026 [S1]8 Nov 2026 [S1]
Latest releasev13.3.0 on 27 Oct 2026 [S1]2.5.9 on 1 Nov 2026 [S1]
ArchivedNo [S1]No [S1]
Project sitegrafana.comuptime.kuma.pet
Repositorygrafana/grafanalouislam/uptime-kuma

What is Grafana?

Grafana describes itself as an observability and data visualization platform that reads metrics and logs from many sources. Its code is on GitHub at grafana/grafana [S1].

What is Uptime Kuma?

Uptime Kuma describes itself as a self-hosted monitoring tool. Its code is on GitHub at louislam/uptime-kuma [S1].

What Datadog does

Our catalog sums it up as: Datadog is a hosted platform for metrics, logs, traces, and uptime. [S2]

How we list Grafana and Uptime Kuma

Our Datadog alternatives page describes Grafana as: Monitoring and status. License: AGPL-3.0. Self-hosted: yes. [S2] We list Grafana only as an alternative to Datadog [S3].

Our Datadog alternatives page describes Uptime Kuma as: Monitoring and status. License: MIT. Self-hosted: yes. [S2] We also list Uptime Kuma as an alternative to Statuspage [S3].

Grafana vs Uptime Kuma license

The Grafana repository is under AGPL-3.0 [S1].
The Uptime Kuma repository is under MIT [S1].

Activity

On 8 Nov 2026, Grafana had 77,757 GitHub stars. It is not archived, and its last push was on 8 Nov 2026 [S1].
On 8 Nov 2026, Uptime Kuma had 93,356 GitHub stars. It is not archived, and its last push was on 8 Nov 2026 [S1].
Grafana's latest GitHub release is v13.3.0, from 27 Oct 2026 [S1].
Uptime Kuma's latest GitHub release is 2.5.9, from 1 Nov 2026 [S1].

Which one fits

Uptime Kuma has more GitHub stars than Grafana as of 8 Nov 2026 [S1]. Stars show interest, so check the issue tracker too.
Both had a push on 8 Nov 2026 [S1].
Grafana uses AGPL-3.0 and Uptime Kuma uses MIT [S1]. If you plan to change the code and run it as a service for others or ship it, read both licences before you pick.

Other Datadog alternatives

See the full list on the Datadog alternatives page [S2].

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FAQ

Is Grafana open source?
Its repository is under AGPL-3.0, as of 8 Nov 2026 [S1].

Is Uptime Kuma open source?
Its repository is under MIT, as of 8 Nov 2026 [S1].

Is the Grafana repository still active?
As of 8 Nov 2026, it is not archived and its last push was on 8 Nov 2026 [S1].

Is the Uptime Kuma repository still active?
As of 8 Nov 2026, it is not archived and its last push was on 8 Nov 2026 [S1].

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Sources (all fetched 8 Nov 2026)