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Coroot vs Grafana Mimir

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted monitoring & status options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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CO Coroot eBPF-based observability with automatic insights VS Grafana Mimir Scalable long-term storage for Prometheus metrics
FeatureCorootGrafana Mimir
Deploy effortUnder-an-hour setupUnder-an-hour setup
Health score92 · Excellent90 · Excellent
CategoryMonitoring & StatusMonitoring & Status
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
LanguageGoGo
Setup difficultyMediumHard
Min. RAM1,024 MB1,024 MB
Deploymentdocker, kubernetes, helmdocker, kubernetes, helm
GitHub stars★ 7,932★ 5,238
First released20222022
ReplacesDatadog, New RelicDatadog, Chronosphere

What are Coroot and Grafana Mimir?

Coroot

Coroot is an open-source observability tool that uses eBPF to gather metrics, logs, traces, and profiles with zero instrumentation. It automatically surfaces service maps, SLOs, and root-cause insights.

  • eBPF zero-instrumentation telemetry
  • Automatic service maps
  • Built-in SLO tracking
  • Root-cause analysis

Read the full Coroot guide →

Grafana Mimir

Grafana Mimir is an open-source, horizontally scalable, highly available, multi-tenant time series database for Prometheus and OpenTelemetry metrics. It is designed to store and query hundreds of millions of active series.

  • Massive cardinality support
  • Multi-tenant by design
  • Fast query engine
  • Object storage backend

Read the full Grafana Mimir guide →

Coroot vs Grafana Mimir: key differences

Both projects are written in Go. Licensing differs — Apache-2.0 for Coroot versus AGPL-3.0 for Grafana Mimir.

Why pick each one

Choose Coroot if…

  • No code changes required
  • Insightful out of the box

Watch out for

  • Needs a recent Linux kernel
  • Resource use grows with scale
Coroot details

Choose Grafana Mimir if…

  • Proven at billion-series scale
  • Easier to operate than Cortex

Watch out for

  • Resource intensive
  • Complex for small homelabs
Grafana Mimir details

Frequently asked questions

Is Coroot or Grafana Mimir better?

Coroot is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler medium setup. Consider Grafana Mimir if its specific feature set fits your needs better.

Are Coroot and Grafana Mimir free and open-source?

Yes. Coroot is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Grafana Mimir under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Coroot and Grafana Mimir with Docker?

Coroot: yes. Grafana Mimir: yes.

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