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Loki

Log aggregation system by Grafana Labs

24.0K stars 300 contributors Since 2020
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Log aggregation system by Grafana Labs

License
AGPL-3.0
Min RAM
1 GB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
intermediate
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
K8s native
Offline
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none

Use cases

  • Primary: log-aggregation
  • Primary: log-search
  • Primary: kubernetes-logging

Anti-patterns / when NOT to use

  • No full-text indexing by default
  • LogQL learning curve
  • Not for complex log analytics

Compare with alternatives

Replaces / alternatives to

  • Splunk
  • ELK Stack
  • Datadog Logs

Technical specs

Language
Go
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
dockerbinary

Community

GitHub stars 24.0K
Contributors 300
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing Grafana Labs
Funding open_core

Release

Latest version
Last release
Since 2020

Best fit

Team size
smallmediumenterprise
Industries
general

Tags

  • log-aggregation
  • logging
  • grafana
  • logql
  • label-based
  • kubernetes-logs