What's Up Status vs Grafana Loki

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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FeatureWhat's Up StatusGrafana Loki
CategoryDashboards & StartpagesMonitoring & Status
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
LanguageTypeScriptGo
Setup difficultyEasyMedium
Min. RAM64 MB512 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metaldocker, kubernetes, helm
GitHub stars★ 34,425★ 28,687
First released20212018
ReplacesHeimdallSplunk, Datadog Logs

Why pick each one

Choose What's Up Status if…

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 34.4k GitHub stars
What's Up Status details

Choose Grafana Loki if…

  • Cheap to run compared to full-text indexers
  • Familiar Prometheus-style labels
Grafana Loki details

Frequently asked questions

Is What's Up Status or Grafana Loki better?

What's Up Status is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler easy setup. Consider Grafana Loki if its specific feature set fits your needs better.

Are What's Up Status and Grafana Loki free and open-source?

Yes. What's Up Status is licensed under MIT and Grafana Loki under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run What's Up Status and Grafana Loki with Docker?

What's Up Status: yes. Grafana Loki: yes.

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