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Grafana Loki vs DoKit
Grafana Loki has 29,111 GitHub stars, 4,169 forks, 1,620 open issues and last shipped yesterday. DoKit has 20,415 stars, 3,182 forks, 275 open issues and last shipped 14 days ago. Grafana Loki leads on adoption by 43% (29,111 vs 20,415 stars). Grafana Loki is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; DoKit is written in Java under Apache-2.0. Grafana Loki has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, DoKit 16%. Grafana Loki was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Grafana Loki | DoKit | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 29K | ★ 20K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Java |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-20 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.2K | ⑂ 3.2K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Grafana Loki if
- You weight community size — 29K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick DoKit if
- You want the DoKit feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You evaluated both and DoKit fits your workflow better
About Grafana Loki
Loki: like Prometheus, but for logs. Loki is a horizontally scalable, highly available, multi tenant log aggregation system inspired by Prometheus. It is designed to be very cost effective and easy to operate. It does not index the contents of the logs, but rather a set of labels for each log stream. Compared to other log aggregation systems, Loki: does not do full text indexing on logs. By storing compressed, unstructured logs and only indexing metadata, Loki is simpler to operate and cheaper to run. indexes and groups log streams using the same labels you’re already using with Prometheus, enabling you to…
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About DoKit
简介 领域生态 使用手册 更新日志 社区活动 开发背景 功能模块 一、平台工具(www.dokit.cn) 二、常用工具 三、性能检测 四、视觉工具 五、Weex专项工具（CML专项工具） 六、支持自定义的业务工具集成到面板中 七、微信小程序专项工具 相关文档 微信交流群(一群满员，已开二群) QQ 交流群 微信公众号 项目成员 使用提醒 友情链接 协议 简介 DoKit诞生于滴滴城运服体验技术部，是一款面向泛前端产品研发全生命周期的效率平台。经过两年的发展，当前DoKit已经发展成了一个相对完整的生态，比如DoKit For Android、DoKit For iOS、DoKit For 小程序、DoKit For Flutter、DoKit For Web。同时我们的项目被BAT以及滴滴、字节、快手、京东等等头部独角兽企业广泛使用并获得良好的口碑。随着dokit.cn平台端的推出，标志着DoKit已经从单纯的效率工具正式进入了效率工具平台的阶段。与此同时我们一直都未停下持续探索的精神，积极地在更多平台领域进行尝试，不给自己设限。我们相信DoKit的未来充满无限可能。 English Readme 领域生态 使用手册 访问DoKit官网，点击"使用中心"。
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Frequently asked questions
Is Grafana Loki or DoKit more popular?
Grafana Loki has 29,111 GitHub stars and DoKit has 20,415. Grafana Loki has the larger community by that measure.
Are Grafana Loki and DoKit free?
Both are open source. Grafana Loki is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and DoKit under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Grafana Loki and DoKit?
Grafana Loki is written in Go and DoKit in Java. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Grafana Loki or DoKit?
Choose Grafana Loki if you want the larger community (29,111 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose DoKit if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.