# dokku vs grafana

> Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

| | dokku | grafana |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 77/100 | 90/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #3 of 14 in Platform as a Service | #1 of 104 in Monitoring & observability |
| GitHub stars | 32 206 | 77 582 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +51 | +689 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 23 | 53 ✓ |
| Latest release | v0.38.32 · 25 Oct 2026 | v13.2.5 · 27 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Main language | Go | Typescript |

## Which one should you pick?

grafana scores 90/100 against 77/100 for dokku, so it is the safer default.

grafana ships more often: 53 stable releases in the past year, against 23 for dokku.

grafana is growing faster right now (+689 stars in 30 days).

## Details

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

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