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Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| grafana | OpenSearch | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 90/100 | 76/100 |
| Rank in category | #1 of 104 in Monitoring & observability | #7 of 41 in Search Engines |
| GitHub stars | 77 575 | 13 923 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +701 | +158 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 53 | 11 |
| Latest release | v13.2.5 · 27 Oct 2026 | 2.19.7 · 17 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Typescript | Java |
Which one should you pick?
grafana scores 90/100 against 76/100 for OpenSearch, so it is the safer default.
grafana ships more often: 53 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for OpenSearch.
grafana is growing faster right now (+701 stars in 30 days).
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