3 self-hosted Grafana alternatives

Grafana is a popular proprietary tool in the dashboards & startpages space. These open-source apps let you replace Grafana with software you host and control yourself.

Best self-hosted Grafana alternatives

EasyMedium

Sampler Dashboard

Dashboards & Startpages

Terminal dashboard for visualizing shell command output

Replaces Grafana

★ 14.7k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Perses

Monitoring & Status

Open dashboard tool and visualization standard for metrics

Replaces Grafana

★ 2.3k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Grafonnet Dashboards

Dashboards & Startpages

Library for generating Grafana dashboards as code

Replaces Grafana

★ 547 Medium setup Apache-2.0

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Switching from Grafana

Moving off Grafana means trading a managed subscription for a service you run yourself. The payoff is ownership: no per-seat pricing, no vendor lock-in, and full control of your data. Start with the option above that matches your setup-difficulty comfort level — every app links to a detailed specs page and head-to-head comparisons.