# addon-grafana vs grafana

> Two self-hosted [Monitoring & observability projects](https://selfhost.directory/monitoring-observability), compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

| | addon-grafana | grafana |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 56/100 | 90/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #48 of 104 in Monitoring & observability | #1 of 104 in Monitoring & observability |
| GitHub stars | 280 | 77 569 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | — | +695 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 7 | 53 ✓ |
| Latest release | v13.0.4 · 23 Oct 2026 | v13.2.5 · 27 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Easy ✓ | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Main language | Jinja | Typescript |

## Which one should you pick?

grafana scores 90/100 against 56/100 for addon-grafana, so it is the safer default.

grafana ships more often: 53 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for addon-grafana.

If you want the quickest setup, addon-grafana is easier to run; grafana needs more configuration.

grafana is growing faster right now (+695 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [addon-grafana](https://selfhost.directory/project/addon-grafana) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/addon-grafana.md)
- [grafana](https://selfhost.directory/project/grafana) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/grafana.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/addon-grafana-vs-grafana